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Are the precursors of type IA supernovae double degenerate mergers?

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2004

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Ferrario, Lilia

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Instituto de Astronomia

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I argue that the observational evidence for white dwarf-white dwarf mergers supports the view that they give rise to ultra-massive white dwarfs or neutron stars through accretion induced collapse. The implications for the progenitors of Type Ia SNe are discussed.

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Keywords: Stars: Neutron; Stars: Supernovae; White dwarfs

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/87046

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ANU Research Publications

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Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y astrofisica

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Conference paper

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