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The Progenitors of Calcium-Strong Transients
Ken J. Shen, Eliot Quataert, Rüdiger Pakmor
A new class of faint, spectroscopically peculiar transients has emerged in the last decade. We term these events "calcium-strong transients" (CaSTs) because of their atypically hig…
Evidence for Sub-Chandrasekhar Type Ia Supernovae from Stellar Abundances in Dwarf Galaxies
Evan N. Kirby, Justin L. Xie, Rachel Guo +6
There is no consensus on the progenitors of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) despite their importance for cosmology and chemical evolution. We address this question by using our previou…
Astro2020 Science White Paper: Understanding the evolution of close white dwarf binaries
Odette Toloza, Elme Breed, Domitilla De Martino +27
Interacting binaries containing white dwarfs can lead to a variety of outcomes that range from powerful thermonuclear explosions, which are important in the chemical evolution of g…
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…
Catching Element Formation In The Act
Chris L. Fryer, Frank Timmes, Aimee L. Hungerford +216
Gamma-ray astronomy explores the most energetic photons in nature to address some of the most pressing puzzles in contemporary astrophysics. It encompasses a wide range of objects…
Partly burnt runaway stellar remnants from peculiar thermonuclear supernovae
R. Raddi, M. A. Hollands, D. Koester +13
We report the discovery of three stars that, along with the prototype LP40-365, form a distinct class of chemically peculiar runaway stars that are the survivors of thermonuclear e…