Single Star Progenitors for Type Ia Supernovae

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Nov 2007

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UNSOLVED PROBLEMS IN STELLAR PHYSICS: A Conference in Honor of Douglas Gough. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 948, pp. 381-3

Physics

Supernovae, Faint Blue Stars, White Dwarfs, Degenerate Stars, Nuclei Of Planetary Nebulae, Giant And Subgiant Stars, Mass Loss And Stellar Winds

Scientific paper

Type Ia supernovae are identified as exploding degenerate stars. Their luminosity is due to the radioactive decay of about a solar mass of 56Ni through 56Co to 56Fe. Although it is generally accepted that a degenerate carbon/oxygen white dwarf explodes as it accretes material from a binary companion, the progenitors of type Ia supernovae have not been categorically identified. The cores of intermediate mass asymptotic giant branch stars are composed of carbon and oxygen in a degenerate state. We discuss conditions under which carbon can ignite at the centre of such a core and when the ensuing explosion would appear as a type Ia supernova.

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