The present rate of Supernovae

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2000-01-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0001457v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, Latex, 1 figure, To appear in the proceedings of the conference "The Chemical Evolution of The Milky Way: Stars versu

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We present and discuss the most recent determination of the rate of Supernovae in the local Universe. A comparison with other results shows a general agreement on the gross values but still significant differences on the values of the rates of various SN rates in different kinds of galaxies. The rate of SNe, used as a probe of Star Formation, confirms the young progenitor scenario for SNII+Ib/c. The increasing diversity of SNe reflects also in the SN yields which may affect the chemical evolution of the Galaxy but, because of the limited statistics, we cannot estimate the contributions of the new subtypes yet. It is also expected that in a few years observational determinations of the SN rates at various look-back times will be available.

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