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2D Simulations of Deflagrations in White Dwarfs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Eli Livne
Eli Livne*
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA

Abstract

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The convective deflagration mechanism in white dwarfs became widely used to explain Type la Supernovae (SNIa) due the success of a single model, namely model W7 of Nomoto et al. (1984). Problems concerning the deflagration model were discussed by Sutherland & Wheeler (1984), Nomoto et al. (1984), Woosley & Weaver (1986), Woosley (1990), Khokhlov (1991a) and others. The main question however is still: does the deflagration model have any hydrodynamical basis, or, could the assumed Rayleigh Taylor instability accelerate the flame to the required speed?

Type
Type la Supernovae
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 145: Supernovae and Supernova Remnants , 1996 , pp. 87 - 90
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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