Preface; Contents; Part I Observational Overview and General Interpretations; 1 Overview; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Discovery; 1.3 Spectral Classification; 1.4 Photometry; 1.5 Spectral Evolution; 1.6 Explosion Mechanisms; 1.7 Asymmetries and Polarization; 1.8 Sites, Environments, and Rates; 1.9 Circumstellar Interaction; 1.10 Supernova Remnants; 1.11 Gamma-Ray Bursts; 1.12 Summary; 2 Search and Discovery; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Nearby Supernovae; 2.3 Hubble-Flow Supernovae; 2.4 High-Redshift Supernovae; 2.5 Summary; 3 Environments and Rates of Supernovae; 3.1 Introduction

3.2 Direct Detection of Progenitors and Companion Stars3.3 Environments in the Local Universe; 3.4 Rates in the Local Universe; 3.5 The Galactic Rate; 3.6 Inferences from Rates About Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae; 3.7 Rates Versus Redshift; 3.8 The SN Ia Delay-Time Distribution; 3.9 Summary; 4 Spectra; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Elements of Line Formation in the Photospheric Phase; 4.2.1 The Velocity Law; 4.2.2 Resonant-Scattering Line Profile: Qualitative Overview; 4.2.3 Resonant-Scattering Line Profile: More Quantitative; 4.2.4 Multiple Scattering: Line Blending

4.3 Lines To Be Considered4.4 Synthetic Spectra for the Photospheric Phase; 4.4.1 SYNOW; 4.4.2 Elementary Monte Carlo; 4.4.3 Detailed Calculations; 4.4.3.1 Non-Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium (NLTE); 4.4.3.2 Nonthermal Excitation and Ionization; 4.4.3.3 Multiple Electron Scattering; 4.4.3.4 Advanced Spectrum Codes; 4.5 The Nebular Phase; 4.6 Spectropolarimetry; 4.7 Summary; 5 Light Curves; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Physical Conditions; 5.3 Understanding Basic Properties of Supernova Light Curves; 5.4 Energy Sources; 5.4.1 Shock Energy: Breakout, Fireball, and Plateau

5.4.2 Radioactive Decay of 56Ni and 56Co5.4.3 Gamma-Ray Light Curves; 5.4.4 Buried Pulsar/Magnetar; 5.5 Application to Supernova Types; 5.5.1 SN Ia; 5.5.2 SN Ib/c; 5.5.3 SN IIb; 5.5.4 SN IIP; 5.5.5 SN 1987A; 5.5.6 Light-Curve Extremes; 5.6 Detailed Calculations; 5.7 Summary; 6 Circumstellar Interaction; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Hydrodynamic Interaction; 6.3 Optical, UV, and X-ray Emission from the Shocked Regions; 6.4 Optical, UV, and X-ray Emission from the UnshockedRegions; 6.5 Radio Emission; 6.6 Dust and Infrared Emission; 6.7 Clumps; 6.8 Shells; 6.9 Optically-Thick CSM

6.10 Core-Collapse Supernovae6.11 Type Ia Supernovae; 6.12 Summary; 7 Supernova Remnants; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 SNR Populations; 7.2.1 Galactic SNRs; 7.2.2 Extragalactic SNRs; 7.3 Evolution of Shell SNRs; 7.3.1 Classical Theory; 7.3.2 Presupernova Shells; 7.4 Young SNRs; 7.4.1 Cassiopeia A; 7.4.2 SN 1054 and the Crab Nebula; 7.4.3 SN 1181 and SNR 3C58; 7.4.4 SN 1572 and the Tycho SNR; 7.4.5 SN 1604 and the Kepler SNR; 7.4.6 SN 1006 and SNR G327.6+14.6; 7.4.7 SN 185 and SNR RCW 86; 7.4.8 G1.9+0.3: The Youngest Known Galactic SNR; 7.4.9 SN 1885A and Its SNR in the Andromeda Galaxy; 7.5 Summary