skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: THE HYBRID CONe WD + He STAR SCENARIO FOR THE PROGENITORS OF TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE

Abstract

Hybrid CONe white dwarfs (WDs) have been suggested to be possible progenitors of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). In this Letter, we systematically studied the hybrid CONe WD + He star scenario for the progenitors of SNe Ia, in which a hybrid CONe WD increases its mass to the Chandrasekhar mass limit by accreting He-rich material from a non-degenerate He star. We obtained the SN Ia birthrates and delay times for this scenario using to a series of detailed binary population synthesis simulations. The SN Ia birthrates for this scenario are ∼0.033-0.539 × 10{sup –3} yr{sup –1}, which roughly accounts for 1%-18% of all SNe Ia. The estimated delay times are ∼28 Myr-178 Myr, which makes these the youngest SNe Ia predicted by any progenitor model so far. We suggest that SNe Ia from this scenario may provide an alternative explanation for type Iax SNe. We also presented some properties of the donors at the point when the WDs reach the Chandrasekhar mass. These properties may be a good starting point for investigating the surviving companions of SNe Ia and for constraining the progenitor scenario studied in this work.

Authors:
; ; ;  [1]
  1. Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650011 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22364563
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophysical Journal Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 794; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 2041-8205
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; HELIUM; MASS; STAR EVOLUTION; SUPERNOVAE; SYNTHESIS; WHITE DWARF STARS

Citation Formats

Wang, B., Meng, X., Liu, D. -D., Han, Z., and Liu, Z.-W., E-mail: wangbo@ynao.ac.cn. THE HYBRID CONe WD + He STAR SCENARIO FOR THE PROGENITORS OF TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/794/2/L28.
Wang, B., Meng, X., Liu, D. -D., Han, Z., & Liu, Z.-W., E-mail: wangbo@ynao.ac.cn. THE HYBRID CONe WD + He STAR SCENARIO FOR THE PROGENITORS OF TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/794/2/L28
Wang, B., Meng, X., Liu, D. -D., Han, Z., and Liu, Z.-W., E-mail: wangbo@ynao.ac.cn. 2014. "THE HYBRID CONe WD + He STAR SCENARIO FOR THE PROGENITORS OF TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/794/2/L28.
@article{osti_22364563,
title = {THE HYBRID CONe WD + He STAR SCENARIO FOR THE PROGENITORS OF TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE},
author = {Wang, B. and Meng, X. and Liu, D. -D. and Han, Z. and Liu, Z.-W., E-mail: wangbo@ynao.ac.cn},
abstractNote = {Hybrid CONe white dwarfs (WDs) have been suggested to be possible progenitors of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). In this Letter, we systematically studied the hybrid CONe WD + He star scenario for the progenitors of SNe Ia, in which a hybrid CONe WD increases its mass to the Chandrasekhar mass limit by accreting He-rich material from a non-degenerate He star. We obtained the SN Ia birthrates and delay times for this scenario using to a series of detailed binary population synthesis simulations. The SN Ia birthrates for this scenario are ∼0.033-0.539 × 10{sup –3} yr{sup –1}, which roughly accounts for 1%-18% of all SNe Ia. The estimated delay times are ∼28 Myr-178 Myr, which makes these the youngest SNe Ia predicted by any progenitor model so far. We suggest that SNe Ia from this scenario may provide an alternative explanation for type Iax SNe. We also presented some properties of the donors at the point when the WDs reach the Chandrasekhar mass. These properties may be a good starting point for investigating the surviving companions of SNe Ia and for constraining the progenitor scenario studied in this work.},
doi = {10.1088/2041-8205/794/2/L28},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22364563}, journal = {Astrophysical Journal Letters},
issn = {2041-8205},
number = 2,
volume = 794,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}