3 papers
astro-ph.SR2026
Simulating the Convective Urca Process with Multiple Urca Pairs in a Simmering White Dwarf
Brendan Boyd, Ferran Poca-Amorós, Alan Calder +1
Type Ia supernovae are bright thermonuclear explosions of one or more white dwarf stars. The exact origin and explosion mechanism for these supernovae is still poorly understood. I…
astro-ph.SR2026
On the Importance of the Convective Urca Process in 3D Simulations of a Simmering White Dwarf
Ferran Poca-Amorós, Brendan Boyd, Dean M. Townsley +1
Type Ia supernovae are bright thermonuclear explosions that are important to numerous areas of astronomy. However, the origins of these events are poorly understood. One proposed s…
astro-ph.SR2024
3D Convective Urca Process in a Simmering White Dwarf
Brendan Boyd, Alan Calder, Dean Townsley +1
A proposed setting for thermonuclear (Type Ia) supernovae is a white dwarf that has gained mass from a companion to the point of carbon ignition in the core. In the early stages of…