Infant Type Ia Supernovae from the KMTNet I. Multi-Color Evolution and Populations

We conduct a systematic analysis of the early multi-band light curves and colors of 19 Type Ia Supernovae (SNe) from the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network SN Program, including 16 previously unpublished events. Seven are detected \lesssim 1 day since the estimated epoch of first light and the rest within \lesssim... Show more