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The nature of the binary systems giving rise to Type Ia supernovae (SNeIa) remains an unsolved problem. In this {\it Letter} we calculate, from the statistics of initial conditions (masses and binary separations), the mass, luminosity, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. Canal , J. Mendez , P. Ruiz-Lapuente

In a dense star cluster core, a tidal disruption event (TDE) of a white dwarf (WD) can occur if the WD passes within the tidal radius of an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH). Very close encounters cause extreme tidal compression in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-20 Pavan Vynatheya , Luc Dessart , Taeho Ryu , Rüdiger Pakmor

We examine rare evolutionary routes of binary systems where the initially more massive primary star of ~5.5-8.5Mo, forms a white dwarf (WD), while the secondary star of 4Mo < M_2,0 < M_1,0 accretes mass from the evolved primary and later…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 Efrat Sabach , Noam Soker

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) arise from the thermonuclear explosion of carbon-oxygen white dwarfs. Though the uniformity of their light curves makes them powerful cosmological distance indicators, long-standing issues remain regarding their…

Context: Superluminous type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) may be explained by super-Chandrasekhar-mass explosions of rapidly rotating white dwarfs (WDs). In a preceding paper, we showed that the deflagration scenario applied to rapidly rotating…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 J. M. M. Pfannes , J. C. Niemeyer , W. Schmidt

I critically review some claims in the paper ``Almost All Carbon/Oxygen White Dwarfs Can Support Double Detonations'' (arXiv:2405.19417). The claim of that paper that the community converges on a leading scenario of type Ia supernovae (SNe…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-12 Noam Soker

Mergers of two carbon-oxygen (CO) white dwarfs (WDs) have been considered as progenitors of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). Based on smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations, previous studies claimed that mergers of CO WDs lead to an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-07-15 Yushi Sato , Naohito Nakasato , Ataru Tanikawa , Ken'ichi Nomoto , Keiichi Maeda , Izumi Hachisu

White dwarfs (WDs) in active galactic nucleus (AGNs) discs might migrate to the inner radii of the discs and form restricted three-body systems with two WDs moving around the central supermassive black hole (SMBH) in close orbits. These…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-29 Yan Luo , Xiao-Jun Wu , Shu-Rui Zhang , Jian-Min Wang , Luis C. Ho , Ye-Fei Yuan

The dynamically-driven double-degenerate double-detonation model has emerged as a promising progenitor candidate for Type Ia supernovae. In this scenario, the primary white dwarf ignites due to dynamical interaction with a companion white…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-06 J. M. Pollin , S. A. Sim , L. J. Shingles , R. Pakmor , F. P. Callan , C. E. Collins , F. K. Roepke , L. A. Kwok , A. Holas , S. Srivastav

The population synthesis method is used to study the possibility of explaining the appreciable fraction (20^+12_15%) of the intergalactic (no-host) type Ia supernovae observed in galaxy clusters (Gal-Yam ete al. 2003) by binary whote dwarf…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. G. Kuranov , K. A. Postnov

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

We present calculations indicating the possibility of a new class of Type I supernovae. In this new paradigm relativistic terms enhance the self gravity of a carbon-oxygen white dwarf as it passes or orbits near a black hole. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. R. Wilson , G. J. Mathews

Recent extensive observations of Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) have revealed the existence of a diversity of SNe Ia, including SNe Iax. We introduce two possible channels in the single degenerate scenario: 1) double detonations in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-24 Chiaki Kobayashi , Ken'ichi Nomoto , Izumi Hachisu

Type Ia supernovae (SNe) are believed to be caused by the thermonuclear explosion of a white dwarf (WD), but the nature of the progenitor system(s) is still unclear. Recent theoretical and observational developments have led to renewed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-18 Gilles Ferrand , Ataru Tanikawa , Donald C. Warren , Shigehiro Nagataki , Samar Safi-Harb , Anne Decourchelle

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

We study stellar binary evolution that leads to the formation of a white dwarf (WD) that explodes in a thermonuclear supernova at the termination of a common envelope evolution (CEE) shortly before the core of its companion explodes as a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-14 Ealeal Bear , Noam Soker

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) arise from the thermonuclear explosion in binary systems involving carbon-oxygen white dwarfs (WDs). The pathway of WDs acquiring mass may produce circumstellar material (CSM). Observing SNe Ia within a few hours…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-15 Maokai Hu , Lifan Wang , Xiaofeng Wang , Lingzhi Wang

Taking into account the rotation of mass-accreting white dwarfs (WDs) whose masses exceed the Chandrasekhar mass, we extend our new single degenerate model for the progenitors of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), accounting for two types of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Izumi Hachisu , Mariko Kato , Ken'ichi Nomoto

Type-Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are important distance indicators, element factories, cosmic-ray accelerators, kinetic-energy sources in galaxy evolution, and endpoints of stellar binary evolution. It has long been clear that a SN Ia must be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Dan Maoz , Filippo Mannucci , Gijs Nelemans

The progenitor systems accounting for explosions of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is still under debate. Symbiotic channel is one of the possible progenitor scenarios, in which the WDs in these systems increase in mass through wind accretion…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Chengyuan Wu , Dongdong Liu , Xiaofeng Wang , Bo Wang