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3D numerical simulations of the dynamically driven double-degenerate double-detonation scenario of type Ia supernovae: a thesis in Physics
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3D numerical simulations of the dynamically driven double-degenerate double-detonation scenario of type Ia supernovae: a thesis in Physics

Niranjan Roy
Master of Science (MS), University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.62791/20192

Abstract

We explore the dynamically driven double-degenerate double-detonation channel of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) in three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations, incorporating a 19-isotope nuclear network inline with the hydrodynamics to capture the nuclear energetics. We show that while a detonation in the helium layer of the primary hybrid white dwarf is evident from our simulations, a second detonation in the carbon-oxygen core is not established. This failed second detonation has possible observable implications for rapid .Ia-like transients, as well as for the population of galactic hypervelocity white dwarfs, as well as the SN Ia mechanism.
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