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Multi-Dimensional Parameter Study of Double Detonation Type Ia Supernovae Originating from Thin-Helium-Shell White Dwarfs
Samuel J. Boos, Dean M. Townsley, Ken J. Shen +2
Despite the importance of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) throughout astronomy, the precise progenitor systems and explosion mechanisms that drive SNe Ia are still unknown. An explosio…
Modeling subgrid combustion processes in simulations of thermonuclear supernovae
Dean M. Townsley, Alan C. Calder, Broxton J. Miles
Supernovae of type Ia are thought to arise from the thermonuclear incineration of a carbon-oxygen white dwarf stellar remnant. However, the detailed explosion scenario and stellar…
Double Detonations with Thin, Modestly Enriched Helium Layers Can Make Normal Type Ia Supernovae
Dean M. Townsley, Broxton J. Miles, Ken J. Shen +1
It has been proposed that Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) that are normal in their spectra and brightness can be explained by a double detonation that ignites first in a helium shell o…
Quantifying How Density Gradients and Front Curvature Affect Carbon Detonation Strength During Type Ia Supernovae
Broxton J. Miles, Dean M. Townsley, Ken J. Shen +2
Accurately reproducing the physics behind the detonations of Type Ia supernovae and the resultant nucleosynthetic yields is important for interpreting observations of spectra and r…
Three Hypervelocity White Dwarfs in Gaia DR2: Evidence for Dynamically Driven Double-Degenerate Double-Detonation Type Ia Supernovae
Ken J. Shen, Douglas Boubert, Boris T. Gänsicke +23
Double detonations in double white dwarf (WD) binaries undergoing unstable mass transfer have emerged in recent years as one of the most promising Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) progeni…