The convective Urca process

One possible fate of an accreting white dwarf is explosion in a type Ia supernova. However, the route to the thermonuclear runaway has always been uncertain owing to the lack of a convective model consistent with the Urca process. We derive a formalism for convective motions involving two radial fl...

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Main Authors: Lesaffre, P, Podsiadlowski, P, Tout, C
Format: Conference item
Published: 2004
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