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The origin of hypervelocity white dwarfs in the merger-disruption of He-CO white dwarfs
Hila Glanz, Hagai B. Perets, Aakash Bhat +1
Hypervelocity white dwarfs (HVWDs) are stellar remnants moving at speeds exceeding the Milky Way's escape velocity. The origins of the fastest HVWDs are enigmatic, with proposed fo…
astro-ph.SR2024★ 9 cited
Supernova Shocks Cannot Explain the Inflated State of Hypervelocity Runaways from White Dwarf Binaries
Aakash Bhat, Evan B. Bauer, Rüdiger Pakmor +5
Recent observations have found a growing number of hypervelocity stars with speeds of km\,s which could have only been produced through thermonuclear su…