Obscuration of supersoft X-ray sources by circumbinary material
Obscuration of supersoft X-ray sources by circumbinary material
Context. The progenitors of Type Ia supernovae are usually assumed to be either a single white dwarf accreting from a non-degenerate companion (the single-degenerate channel) or the result of two merging white dwarfs (the double degenerate channel). However, no consensus currently exists as to which progenitor scenario is the correct …