A possible low-mass type Ia supernova
IN the standard model for type Ia supernovae1, a massive white dwarf in a binary system accretes matter from the companion star until it reaches the Chandrasekhar mass (the stability limit for degenerate-electron stars, corresponding to ~1.4 solar masses), and a runaway thermonuclear explosion ensues. In a popular variant of this model2, the
Ruiz-Lapuente, Pilar et al.
Fecha de publicación:
10
1993