Mass accretion onto massive white dwarfs

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Dec 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979ap%26ss..66..467t&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 66, no. 2, Dec. 1979, p. 467-474. Research supported by Northwestern University.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Stellar Mass Accretion, Thermonuclear Reactions, Variable Stars, White Dwarf Stars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Mass, Stellar Temperature, Thermal Instability

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The paper presents a study of the thermonuclear runaways which develop on white dwarfs of 1.205 solar mass and 1.358 solar mass accreting hydrogen rich material at 10 to the -10 solar mass per year. It is found that ignition of this material occurs at densities in excess of about 10 to the 4 gm per cu cm. In addition, it is found that the critical mass required to initiate the runaway is 0.7(1.5) x 10 to the -4 solar mass for a 1.358(1.205) solar mass white dwarf.

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