Supernova rates in Abell clusters and implications for metallicity

Poster presented at the Santorini workshop "large scale structure in the X-ray universe, Santorini, Greece, September 1999


  • Abstract

  • Scientific goals

  • Scientific goals (Cont.)

  • The cluster sample

  • Flanking fields

  • Finding SNe by image subtraction

  • Demonstrating a new image subtraction method

  • First results

  • SN images

    Intergalactic SNe and metallicity:

  • SN 1999fc - an intergalactic SN ?

  • Intergalactic stars

  • Intergalactic SNe

  • The metal abundance connection

  • Work in progress

    Constructed: October 1999, by: Avishay Gal-Yam , E-Mail: avishay@wise.tau.ac.il