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Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs are the progenitors of a small fraction of Type Ia supernovae according to nucleosythesis constraints
Eduardo Bravo, Luciano Piersanti, Stéphane Blondin +3
The precise progenitor system of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), whether it is a white dwarf (WD) close to the Chandrasekhar limit or substantially less massive, has been a matter of…
Search for gamma-ray emission from a galactic supernova with the anticoincidence system of SPI
Mariona Caixach, Pierre Jean, Jordi Isern +1
The detection of the very early gamma-emission of a Type Ia supernova (SNIa) could provide a deep insight on the explosion mechanism and nature of the progenitor. However this has…
Pre-explosive accretion and simmering phases of Type Ia Supernovae
Luciano Piersanti, Eduardo Bravo, Oscar Straniero +2
In accreting WDs approaching the Chandrasekhar limit, hydrostatic carbon burning precedes the dynamical breakout. During this \textit{simmering} phase, captures are energetical…
Near-Chandrasekhar-Mass Type Ia Supernovae from the Double-Degenerate Channel
Sudarshan Neopane, Khanak Bhargava, Robert Fisher +4
Recent observational evidence has demonstrated that white dwarf (WD) mergers are a highly efficient mechanism for mass accretion onto WDs in the galaxy. In this paper, we show that…
Stable nickel production in Type Ia supernovae: A smoking gun for the progenitor mass?
Stéphane Blondin, Eduardo Bravo, Frank Timmes +2
At present, there are strong indications that white dwarf (WD) stars with masses well below the Chandrasekhar limit (MCh ~ 1.4 Msun) contribute a significant fraction of SN Ia prog…
Synthesis of radioactive elements in novae and supernovae and their use as a diagnostic tool
J. Isern, M. Hernanz, E. Bravo +5
Novae and supernovae play a key role in many fields of Astrophysics and Cosmology. Despite their importance, an accurate description of which objects explode and why and how they e…