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Recent RXTE and Chandra discoveries of low mass X-ray binaries with ultra-short orbital periods have initiated theoretical work on the origins of these peculiar systems. Using the StarTrack population synthesis code the formation and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Krzysztof Belczynski , Ronald E. Taam

This paper investigates the progenitors of Millisecond Pulsars (MSPs) with a distribution of long orbital periods (P_orb > 2 d), to show the link between white dwarf (WD) binaries and long orbits for some binary MSPs through the Accretion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-04 Ali Taani , Awni Khasawneh

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

I review various phenomena associated with mass-accreting white dwarfs (WDs) in relation to progenitors of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). The WD mass can be estimated from light curve analysis in multiwavelength bands based on the optically…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-04 Mariko Kato

As a promising channel to Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), we have proposed a symbiotic binary system consisting of a white dwarf (WD) and a low mass red-giant (RG), where strong winds from the accreting WD play a key role to increase the WD…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Izumi Hachisu , Mariko Kato , Ken'ichi Nomoto

We investigate observational properties of accretion-induced collapse (AIC) of white dwarfs in radio frequencies. If AIC is triggered by accretion from a companion star, a dense circumstellar medium can be formed around the progenitor…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-01 Takashi J. Moriya

Ultracompact X-ray binaries (UCXBs) are a subclass of low-mass X-ray binaries characterized by tight orbits and degenerate donors, which pose significant challenges to our understanding of their formation. Recent discoveries of black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-08 Zeyuan Xuan , Cheyanne Shariat , Smadar Naoz

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 study the formation of ultra-compact binaries (AM CVn stars and ultra-compact X-ray binaries) with emphasis on the surface chemical abundances of the donors in these systems. Hydrogen is not convincingly detected in the spectra of these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 G. Nelemans , L. R. Yungelson , M. V. van der Sluys , Christopher A. Tout

Steadily accreting white dwarfs (WDs) are efficient sources of ionization and thus, are able to create extended ionized nebulae in their vicinity. These nebulae represent ideal tools for the detection of accreting WDs, given that in most…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-01 D. Souropanis , A. Chiotellis , P. Boumis , M. Chatzikos , S. Akras , L. Piersanti , A. J. Ruiter , G. J. Ferland

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) play an important role in the study of cosmic evolution, especially in cosmology. There are several progenitor models for SNe Ia proposed in the past years. In this paper, by considering the effect of accretion…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-25 Bo Wang , Zhanwen Han

Normal type Ia supernovae (SNe) are thought to arise from the thermonuclear explosion of massive ($>0.8$ M$_\odot$) carbon-oxygen white dwarfs (WDs), although the exact mechanism is debated. In some models helium accretion onto a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Ruediger Pakmor , Yossef Zenati , Hagai B. Perets , Silvia Toonen

Neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes are the remnants of massive stars, which ended their lives in supernova explosions. These exotic objects can only be studied in relatively rare cases. If they are interacting with close companions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 Stephan Geier , Uli Heber , Heinz Edelmann , Thomas Kupfer , Ralf Napiwotzki , Philipp Podsiadlowski

Employing Eggleton's stellar evolution code with an optically thick wind assumption, we have systematically studied the WD + He star channel of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), in which a carbon-oxygen WD accretes material from a He…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-21 Bo Wang , Zhanwen Han

Neutron star-helium white dwarf (NS+He WD) binaries are important evolutionary products of close-orbit binary star systems. They are often observed as millisecond pulsars and may continue evolving into ultra-compact X-ray binaries (UCXBs)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-13 Hai-Liang Chen , Thomas M. Tauris , Xuefei Chen , Zhanwen Han

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) play an important role in astrophysics, especially in the study of cosmic evolution. There are several progenitor models for SNe Ia proposed in the past years. In this paper, we have carried out a detailed study…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-14 B. Wang , X. Meng , X. Chen , Z. Han

White dwarfs (WDs) are the stellar core remnants of low mass stars. They are typically divided into three main composition groups: Oxygen Neon (ONe), Carbon Oxygen (CO) and Helium (He) WDs. The evolution of binary systems can significantly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 Yossef Zenati , Silvia Toonen , Hagai B. Perets

We review the formation and evolution of compact binary stars consisting of white dwarfs (WDs), neutron stars (NSs), and black holes (BHs). Binary NSs and BHs are thought to be the primary astrophysical sources of gravitational waves (GWs)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Konstantin Postnov , Lev Yungelson

The evolution and stability of mass transfer of CO+He WD binaries are not well understood. Observationally they may emerge as AM CVn binaries and are important gravitational wave (GW) emitters. In this work, we have modeled the evolution of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-17 Hai-Liang Chen , Xuefei Chen , Zhanwen Han

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) play a crucial role as standardizable cosmological candles, though the nature of their progenitors is a subject of active investigation. Recent observational and theoretical work has pointed to merging white…