On the evolution of interacting binaries which contain a white dwarf
- We discuss the evolution of white dwarf containing binaries, in particular such systems consisting of a white dwarf and a main sequence star which have the potential to produce a Type Ia supernova. After investigating current problems in connecting observations of supersoft X-ray sources with such systems, we consider two major problems which theoretical models encounter to produce Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs: the helium shell burning instability and the white dwarf spin-up. We conclude by suggesting that the formation of Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs may be easier when these two problem are considered simultaneously.
| Author details: | Norbert Langer, S.-C Yoon, Stephan Wellstein, S. Scheithauer |
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| ISBN: | 1-58381-101-X |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2002 |
| Publication year: | 2002 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/24 |
| Source: | The physics of cataclysmic variables and related objects : proceedings of a conference on the occasion of Klaus Beuermannïs impending65th birthday held in Göttingen / Hrsg.: B. T. Gänsicke; K. Beuermann ; K. Reinisch. - San Francisco : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2002. - ISBN: 1-58381-101-X. - (Conference series Astronomical Society of the Pacific ; 261). - S. 252 |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
| Institution name at the time of the publication: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik |
