No surviving evolved companions to the progenitor of supernova SN 1006

Jonay I. Gonzalez Hernandez, Pilar Ruiz-Lapuente, Hugo M. Tabernero +4

Type Ia supernovae are thought to occur as a white dwarf made of carbon and oxygen accretes sufficient mass to trigger a thermonuclear explosion${}^1$. The accretion could occur sl…