SPECTRA OF TYPE IA SUPERNOVAE FROM DOUBLE DEGENERATE MERGERS
SPECTRA OF TYPE IA SUPERNOVAE FROM DOUBLE DEGENERATE MERGERS
The merger of two white dwarfs (a.k.a. double degenerate merger) has often been cited as a potential progenitor of type Ia supernovae. Here we combine population synthesis, merger and explosion models with radiation-hydrodynamics light-curve models to study the implications of such a progenitor scenario on the observed type Ia supernova …