Will Jets Identify the Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae?

Details Will Jets Identify the Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae? Will Jets Identify the Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae?

2002-04-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0204454v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/341413

We use the fact that a Type Ia supernova has been serendipitously discovered near the jet of the active galaxy 3C 78 to examine the question of whether jets can enhance accretion onto white dwarfs. One interesting outcome of such a jet-induced accretion process is an enhanced rate of novae in the vicinity of jets. We present results of observations of the jet in M87 which appear to have indeed discovered 11 novae in close proximity to the jet. We show that a confirmation of the relation between jets and novae and Type Ia supernovae can finally identify the elusive progenitors of Type Ia supernovae.

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