Helium double-detonation explosions for the progenitors of type Ia supernovae

Bo Wang; Stephen Justham; Zhanwen Han

DOI:10.1017/S1743921313007072

Corpus ID: 118612081

Helium double-detonation explosions for the progenitors of type Ia supernovae

@article{Wang2013HeliumDE,
  title={Helium double-detonation explosions for the progenitors of type Ia supernovae},
  author={Bo Wang and Stephen Justham and Zhanwen Han},
  journal={arXiv: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics},
  year={2013},
  volume={9},
  pages={442-442}
}

Bo Wang, Stephen Justham, Zhanwen Han

Published 2013

Physics

arXiv: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

It has recently been proposed that one sub-class of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is sufficiently both distinct and common to be classified separately from the bulk of SNe Ia, with a suggested class name of "type Iax supernovae" (SNe Iax), after SN 2002cx. We show that the population properties of this class can be understood if the events originate from helium double-detonation sub-Chandrasekhar mass explosions, in which a carbon--oxygen white dwarf (CO WD) accumulates a helium layer from a non… CONTINUE READING

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