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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 March 2016
The ionizing and heating effects of the radiation from the supernova on the circumstellar matter are discussed. In particular, it is shown how observations of UV absorption lines can give information about the ionization structure and radiative acceleration of the gas. In the second part, the physics of the late phases of supernovae is studied with special emphasis on the metal rich interiors of massive corecollapse supernovae. These results are then applied to SN 1985f.