Supernovae as Distance Indicators: Proceedings of a Workshop held at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. September 27–28, 1984 (Lecture Notes in Physics, 224)

Current problems of determining distances to galaxies.- Multifrequency observations of recent supernovae.- Supernova observations at McDonald observatory.- Spectropolarimetry of supernovae.- Radio emission from a type I supernova.- Radio emission from type II supernovae.- Radio observations of historical, extragalactic supernovae.- Discovery of an entire population of radio supernova candidates in the nucleus of messier 82.- Detecting supernova remnants in external galaxies.- Diameter determinations of radio supernovae and the distance scale.- Supernove interaction with a circumstellar wind and the distance to SN 1979c.- Model and geometry dependence of radio distance determinations of extragalactic supernovae.- Optical supernovae and the hubble constant.- Type I supernovae as standard candles.- Radius and absolute magnitude of a Cepheid variable.- Astrophysical distances to type II supernovae.- Model atmospheres for type I supernovae.- Accuracy of model parameters from spectroscopic fine analyses of supernovae.- Physical models for type I supernovae and the distance scale.- A preliminary discussion of Hose-Einstein diffusion in supernovae.- Supernovae up close.