The Rise Time of Nearby Type I[CLC]a[/CLC] Supernovae

The
\nwork at the University of California, Berkeley, was supported
\nby the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, by NSF grant AST 94-17213, and by grant GO-7505 from
\nthe Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by
\nthe Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy,
\nInc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555.