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Double-detonation supernovae of sub-Chandrasekhar mass white dwarfs
M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, F. K. Roepke
In the "double-detonation sub-Chandrasekhar" model for type Ia supernovae, a carbon-oxygen (C + O) white dwarf accumulates sufficient amounts of helium such that a detonation ignit…
Flame-driven deflagration-to-detonation transitions in Type Ia supernovae?
F. K. Roepke
Although delayed detonation models of thermonuclear explosions of white dwarfs seem promising for reproducing Type Ia supernovae, the transition of the flame propagation mode from…
A three-dimensional deflagration model for Type Ia supernovae confronted with observations
F. K. Roepke, W. Hillebrandt, W. Schmidt +3
A simulation of the thermonuclear explosion of a Chandrasekhar-mass C+O white dwarf, the most popular scenario of a type Ia supernova (SN Ia), is presented. The underlying modeling…
Delayed detonations in full-star models of Type Ia supernova explosions
F. K. Roepke, J. C. Niemeyer
Aims: We present the first full-star three-dimensional explosion simulations of thermonuclear supernovae including parameterized deflagration-to-detonation transitions that occur o…
A Common Explosion Mechanism for Type Ia Supernovae
P. A. Mazzali, F. K. Roepke, S. Benetti +1
Type Ia supernovae, the thermonuclear explosions of white dwarf stars composed of carbon and oxygen, were instrumental as distance indicators in establishing the acceleration of th…
Off-center explosions of Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs: an explanation of super-bright type Ia supernovae?
W. Hillebrandt, S. A. Sim, F. K. Röpke
The recent discovery of a very bright type Ia supernova, SNLS-03D3bb ( SN 2003fg), in the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS) has raised the question of whether super-Chandrasek…