The Impact of Supernovae of Type Ia on Large Scales through the Secular Evolution of their Rate

Abstract

A straightforward formalism to evaluate the impact of Type Ia Supernovae on large scale astrophysical issues is presented, together with analytical formulations for the SNIa rate following an instantaneous burst of Star Formation, for both single and double degenrates SNIa progenitors' models. Some applications of the parametrized formalism are illustrated. In particular, it is shown that the current SNIa rates measured in early and late type galaxies, as well as the Fe Mass-to-Light ratio in clusters of galaxies, favour the double degenerate model.