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Neutronization During Type Ia Supernova Simmering
Anthony L. Piro, Lars Bildsten
Prior to the incineration of a white dwarf (WD) that makes a Type Ia supernova (SN Ia), the star "simmers" for ~1000 years in a convecting, carbon burning region. We have found tha…
Turbulent Mixing in the Surface Layers of Accreting Neutron Stars
Anthony L. Piro, Lars Bildsten
During accretion a neutron star (NS) is spun up as angular momentum is transported through its surface layers. We study the resulting differentially rotating profile, focusing on t…
Thermally Stable Nuclear Burning on Accreting White Dwarfs
Ken J. Shen, Lars Bildsten
One of the challenges to increasing the mass of a white dwarf through accretion is the tendency for the accumulating hydrogen to ignite unstably and potentially trigger mass loss.…
Seismology of Accreting White Dwarfs
Phil Arras, Dean Townsley, Lars Bildsten
Pulsation modes have recently been observed in a handful of white dwarf (WD) primaries of cataclysmic variables, allowing an interesting new probe into the structure of accreting W…
Faint Cataclysmic Variables in Quiescence: Globular Cluster and Field Surveys
Dean M. Townsley, Lars Bildsten
Current evolutionary models imply that most Cataclysmic Variables (CVs) have P_orb<2 hours and are Dwarf Nova (DN) systems that are quiescent most of the time. Observations of near…
On the Dramatic Spin-up/Spin-down Torque Reversals in Accreting Pulsars
Robert W. Nelson, Lars Bildsten, Deepto Chakrabarty +7
Dramatic torque reversals between spin up and spin down have been observed in half of the persistent X-ray pulsars monitored by the BATSE all-sky monitor on CGRO. Theoretical model…