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Searching for Type la Supernova Progenitors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Alvio Renzini
Alvio Renzini*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Bologna, CP 596, 1-40100 Bologna, Italy and European Southern Observatory

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The status for the identification of specific astronomical objects as SNIa progenitors is reviewed. Single or double degenerate progenitors? Chandrasekhar or sub-Chandrasekhar mass exploders? These are the two main questions still to be answered concerning the progenitors of Type la supernovae. Although all four combinations may be represented in nature, searches for double degenerates seem to indicate that such systems provide a minor channel for the production of SNIa’s. The more promising candidates appear to be symbiotic stars, consisting of a single degenerate star and a sub-Chandrasekhar mass star.

Type
Type la Supernovae
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 145: Supernovae and Supernova Remnants , 1996 , pp. 77 - 85
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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