Screening Effects on Electron Capture Rates and Type Ia Supernova Nucleosynthesis

Kanji Mori, Toshio Suzuki, Michio Honma +4

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are believed to be a thermonuclear explosion of a white dwarf, but the mass of their progenitors is still an open problem. In near-Chandrasekhar-mass (n…