The WD+He star binaries as the progenitors of type Ia supernovae
Employing the MESA stellar evolution code, we computed He accretion onto carbon-oxygen white dwarfs (CO WDs).We found two possible outcomes for models in which the WD steadily grows in mass towards the Chandrasekhar limit. For relatively low He-accretion rates carbon ignition occurs in the center, l...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Open Astronomy |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2017-0018 |