411 citations · 580 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
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astro-ph.HE2009★ 169 cited
Unstable Helium Shell Burning on Accreting White Dwarfs
Ken J. Shen, Lars Bildsten
AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) binaries consist of a degenerate helium donor and a helium, C/O, or O/Ne WD accretor, with accretion rates of Mdot = 1e-13 - 1e-5 Msol/yr. For accreti…
astro-ph2007★ 411 cited
Faint Thermonuclear Supernovae from AM Canum Venaticorum Binaries
Lars Bildsten, Ken J. Shen, Nevin N. Weinberg +1
Helium that accretes onto a Carbon/Oxygen white dwarf in the double white dwarf AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) binaries undergoes unstable thermonuclear flashes when the orbital per…