Population Synthesis for Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae

Lev R. Yungelson

doi:10.1007/1-4020-3725-2_15

Population Synthesis for Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae

Astrophysics 2015-11-11 v1

Authors: Lev R. Yungelson

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We discuss application of population synthesis for binary stars to progenitors of SN Ia. We show that the only candidate systems able to support the rate of SNe Ia $\sim 10^{-3} yr^{-1}$ both in old and young populations are merging white dwarfs. In young populations ( $\sim 1$ Gyr) edge-lit detonations in semidetached systems with nondegenerate helium star donors are also able to support a similar rate. The estimated current Galactic rate of SN Ia with single-degenerate progenitors is $\sim 10^{-4} yr^{-1}$ .

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Type Ia supernovae population synthesis binary stars white dwarf mergers detonation models stellar evolution Galactic rate

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0409677,
  title  = {Population Synthesis for Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae},
  author = {Lev R. Yungelson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0409677},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages, 4 figires, to be published in White Dwarfs: Galactic and Cosmological Probes, Editors: E.M. Sion, H.L. Shipman and S. Vennes, Kluwer Academic Publishers

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