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Type Ia supernovae with and without blueshifted narrow Na i D lines โ€“ how different is their structure?

Type Ia supernovae with and without blueshifted narrow Na i D lines โ€“ how different is their structure?

In studies on intermediate- and high-resolution spectra of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), some objects exhibit narrow Na i D absorptions often blueshifted with respect to the rest wavelength within the host galaxy. The absence of these in other SNe Ia may reflect that the explosions have different progenitors: blueshifted โ€ฆ