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Type Ia Supernovae
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 November 2008
Abstract
Type Ia supernovae are thought to be the outcome of the thermonuclear explosion of a carbon–oxygen white dwarf in a close binary system. In this review we discuss the observational background, the possible progenitors, the mechanisms leading to the instability and the development of the explosion itself as well as the remaining uncertainties.
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- Research Article
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- European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 32: Stellar Nucleosynthesis: 50 years after B2FH , 2008 , pp. 283 - 310
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- © EAS, EDP Sciences, 2008
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