2D simulations of the double-detonation model for thermonuclear transients from low-mass carbon-oxygen white dwarfs

Sim, Stuart A; Fink, M; Kromer, M; Ropke, F. K.; Ruiter, A. J.; Hillebrandt, Wolfgang

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2D simulations of the double-detonation model for thermonuclear transients from low-mass carbon-oxygen white dwarfs

Date

2012

Authors

Sim, Stuart A

Fink, M

Kromer, M

Ropke, F. K.

Ruiter, A. J.

Hillebrandt, Wolfgang

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Thermonuclear explosions may arise in binary star systems in which a carbon-oxygen (CO) white dwarf (WD) accretes helium-rich material from a companion star. If the accretion rate allows a sufficiently large mass of helium to accumulate prior to ignition