Exploring the Carbon Simmering Phase: Reaction Rates, Mixing, and the Convective Urca Process
arXiv:1711.04780 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa9a3c
Abstract
The neutron excess at the time of explosion provides a powerful discriminant among models of Type Ia supernovae. Recent calculations of the carbon simmering phase in single degenerate progenitors have disagreed about the final neutron excess. We find that the treatment of mixing in convection zones likely contributes to the difference. We demonstrate that in MESA models, heating from exothermic weak reactions plays a significant role in raising the temperature of the WD. This emphasizes the important role that the convective Urca process plays during simmering. We briefly summarize the shortcomings of current models during this phase. Ultimately, we do not pinpoint the difference between the results reported in the literature, but show that the results are consistent with different net energetics of the convective Urca process. This problem serves as an important motivation for the development of models of the convective Urca process suitable for incorporation into stellar evolution codes.
arXiv comment10 pages, 7 figures; Accepted to ApJ
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