COLLISIONS OF WHITE DWARFS AS A NEW PROGENITOR CHANNEL FOR TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE
COLLISIONS OF WHITE DWARFS AS A NEW PROGENITOR CHANNEL FOR TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE
We present the results of a systematic numerical study of an alternative progenitor scenario to produce type Ia supernova explosions, which is not restricted to the ignition of a CO white dwarf near the Chandrasekhar mass. In this scenario, a shock-triggered thermonuclear explosion ensues from the collision of two white …