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Type Ia Supernovae from Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass White Dwarfs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

Stuart A. Sim ,
Friedrich K. Röpke ,
Markus Kromer ,
Michael Fink ,
Ashley J. Ruiter ,
Ivo R. Seitenzahl ,
Rüdiger Pakmor  and
Wolfgang Hillebrandt
Stuart A. Sim
Affiliation:
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Cotter Road, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia
Friedrich K. Röpke
Affiliation:
Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 31, 97074 Würzburg, Germany Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschildstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
Markus Kromer
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschildstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
Michael Fink
Affiliation:
Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 31, 97074 Würzburg, Germany Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschildstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
Ashley J. Ruiter
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschildstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
Ivo R. Seitenzahl
Affiliation:
Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 31, 97074 Würzburg, Germany Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschildstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
Rüdiger Pakmor
Affiliation:
Heidelberger Institut für Theoretische Studien, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35, 69118 Heidelberg, Germany
Wolfgang Hillebrandt
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschildstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Abstract

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We argue that detonations of sub-Chandrasekhar mass white dwarfs can lead to bright explosions with light curves and spectra similar to those of observed Type Ia supernovae. Given that binary systems containing accreting sub-Chandrasekhar mass white dwarfs should be common, this suggests that a non-negligible fraction of the observed Type Ia supernova rate may arise from sub-Chandrasekhar mass explosions, if they can be ignited. We discuss aspects of how such explosions might be realized in nature and both merits and challenges associated with invoking sub-Chandrasekhar mass explosion models to account for observed Type Ia supernovae.

Keywords

hydrodynamics — radiative transfer — methods: numerical — stars: supernovaewhite dwarfs
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Issue S281: Binary Paths to Type Ia Supernovae Explosions , July 2011 , pp. 267 - 274
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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