Supernova Explosions: Lessons from Spectropolarimetry
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geometryscatteringsupernovaasymmetrybinarycalibratedcarefulcircumstellar
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Supernova can be polarized by an asymmetry in the explosion process, an off-center source of illumination, scattering in an envelope distorted by rotation or a binary companion, or scattering by the circumstellar dust. Careful polarimetry is the most powerful tool to study the 3-D geometry of supernovae. A deep understanding of the 3-D geometry of SNe is essential in using them for calibrated distance indicators.
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