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astro-ph.SR2017★ 19 cited
Fast and Luminous Transients from the Explosions of Long Lived Massive White Dwarf Merger Remnants
Jared Brooks, Josiah Schwab, Lars Bildsten +4
We study the evolution and final outcome of long-lived ( years) remnants from the merger of a He white dwarf (WD) with a more massive C/O or O/Ne WD. Using Modules f…
astro-ph.SR2017
Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Convective Boundaries, Element Diffusion, and Massive Star Explosions
Bill Paxton, Josiah Schwab, Evan B. Bauer +10
We update the capabilities of the software instrument Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA) and enhance its ease of use and availability. Our new approach to locat…
astro-ph.SR2017★ 41 cited
Accretion-Induced Collapse From Helium Star + White Dwarf Binaries
Jared Brooks, Josiah Schwab, Lars Bildsten +2
Accretion-induced collapse (AIC) occurs when an O/Ne white dwarf (WD) grows to nearly the Chandrasekhar mass (), reaching central densities that trigger electron captur…