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The single-degenerate channel for the progenitors of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are currently accepted, in which a carbon-oxygen white dwarf (CO WD) accretes hydrogen-rich material from its companion, increases its mass to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 X. Meng , X. Chen , Z. Han

We have carried out a detailed study of the single-degenerate channel for the progenitors of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). In the model, a carbon-oxygen white dwarf (CO WD) accretes hydrogen-rich material from an unevolved or a slightly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Xiangcun Meng , Xuefei Chen , Zhanwen Han

The double-degenerate (DD) model, involving the merging of massive double carbon-oxygen white dwarfs (CO WDs) driven by gravitational wave radiation, is one of the classical pathways for the formation of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia).…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-07 Dongdong Liu , Bo Wang , Zhanwen Han

The nature of progenitors of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and their explosion mechanism remain unclear. It has been suggested that SNe Ia may be resulted from thermonuclear explosions of hybrid carbon-oxygen-neon white dwarfs(CONe WDs) when…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-03 Boyang Guo , Xiangcun Meng , Zhijia Tian , Jingxiao Luo , Zhengwei Liu

The single-degenerate model is currently a favourable progenitor model for Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). Recent investigations on the WD + He star channel of the single-degenerate model imply that this channel is noteworthy for producing SNe…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Bo Wang , Xuefei Chen , Xiangcun Meng , Zhanwen Han

Recent observations suggest that some type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) originate from the merging of two carbon-oxygen white dwarfs (CO WDs). Meanwhile, recent hydrodynamical simulations have indicated that the accretion-induced collapse may be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-08 Dongdong Liu , Bo Wang , Philipp Podsiadlowski , Zhanwen Han

We analyze the evolution of binary stars to calculate synthetic rates and delay times of the most promising Type Ia Supernovae progenitors. We present and discuss evolutionary scenarios in which a white dwarf reaches the Chandrasekhar-mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-27 Ashley J. Ruiter , Krzysztof Belczynski , Chris L. Fryer

Using the population synthesis binary evolution code StarTrack, we present theoretical rates and delay times of Type Ia supernovae arising from various formation channels. These channels include binaries in which the exploding white dwarf…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 A. J. Ruiter , K. Belczynski , S. A. Sim , W. Hillebrandt , M. Fink , M. Kromer

The nature of the progenitors of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is still unclear. In this paper, by considering the effect of the instability of accretion disk on the evolution of white dwarf (WD) binaries, we performed binary evolution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-29 Bo Wang , Xiang-Dong Li , Zhan-Wen Han

Type Ia supernovae play a key role in the evolution of galaxies by polluting the interstellar medium with a fraction of iron peak elements larger than that released in the core collapse supernova events. Their light-curve, moreover, is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-18 P. A. Palicio , F. Matteucci , M. Della Valle , E. Spitoni

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are thought to be the result of thermonuclear explosions in white dwarfs (WDs). Commonly considered formation pathways include two merging WDs (the double degenerate channel), and a single WD accreting material…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-14 Abinaya Swaruba Rajamuthukumar , Adrian Hamers , Patrick Neunteufel , Ruediger Pakmor , Selma E. de mink

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) play a prominent role in understanding the evolution of Universe. They are thought to be thermonuclear explosions of mass-accreting carbon-oxygen white dwarfs (CO WDs) in binaries, although the mass donors of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-14 Bo Wang

The potential importance of the angular momentum which is gained by accreting white dwarfs (WDs) has been increasingly recognized in the context of type Ia supernova (SN Ia) single-degenerate model. The expectation that the spin of the WD…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-21 Bo Wang , Stephen Justham , Zhengwei Liu , Jujia Zhang , Dongdong Liu , Zhanwen Han

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are a critical tool for cosmology and galactic enrichment, yet the progenitor systems of normal SNe Ia remain a central puzzle. The long-debated single-degenerate (SD) channel, where a white dwarf (WD) accretes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-18 Amir Michaelis , Hagai B. Perets

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) play an important role in astrophysics and are crucial for the studies of stellar evolution, galaxy evolution and cosmology. They are generally thought to be thermonuclear explosions of accreting carbon-oxygen…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-14 Bo Wang , Zhanwen Han

Even though Type Ia supernovae (SNIa) play an important role in many fields in astronomy, the nature of the progenitors of SNIa remain a mystery. One of the classical evolutionary pathways towards a SNIa explosion is the single degenerate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-17 S. Toonen

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) play an important role in diverse areas of astrophysics, from the chemical evolution of galaxies to observational cosmology. However, the nature of the progenitors of SNe Ia is still unclear. In this paper,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-29 Bo Wang , Zhengwei Liu , Yunkun Han , Zhenxin Lei , Yangping Luo , Zhanwen Han

The nature of the progenitors of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) remains a mystery. Binary systems consisting of a white dwarf (WD) and a main-sequence (MS) donor are potential progenitors of SNe Ia, in which a thermonuclear explosion of the WD…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-17 Zheng-Wei Liu , Richard J. Stancliffe

Despite the significance of Type Ia supernovae (SNeIa) in many fields in astrophysics, SNeIa lack a theoretical explanation. The standard scenarios involve thermonuclear explosions of carbon/oxygen white dwarfs approaching the Chandrasekhar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-02-05 S. Toonen , G. Nelemans , M. Bours , S. Portegies Zwart , J. Claeys , N. Mennekens , A. Ruiter

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are thought to be thermonuclear explosion of white dwarfs (WDs). Their progenitors are not well understood. One popular scenario is the double-degenerate (DD) scenario, which attributes SNe Ia to WD-WD binary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-17 Kanji Mori , Michael A. Famiano , Toshitaka Kajino , Motohiko Kusakabe , Xiaodong Tang
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