Hunting for the progenitor of SN 1006: High resolution spectroscopic search with the FLAMES instrument

Type Ia supernovae play a significant role in the evolution of the Universe and have a wide range of applications. It is widely believed that these events are the thermonuclear explosions of carbon-oxygen white dwarfs close to the Chandrasekhar mass (1.38 M\odot). However, CO white dwarfs are born w...

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Autors principals: Kerzendorf, W, Schmidt, B, Laird, J, Podsiadlowski, P, Bessell, MS
Format: Journal article
Publicat: 2012