Accreting White Dwarfs: Effect of WD Composition on Helium Ignition During Slow Accretion

Harish Kumar, Abhinav Gupta, Siddharth Savyasachi Malu +1

Understanding the explosion mechanism of type Ia supernova is among the most challenging issues in astrophysics. Accretion of matter on a carbon-oxygen white dwarf from a companion…