The Changing Nature of QU Carinae: SN Ia Progenitor or a Hoax?
Abstract
The race to the elusive Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) progenitors is at its zenith, with numerous clues from SNe Ia ejecta and a dearth of observational candidates. Still, the single degenerate channel is a viable route of mass accumulation onto a white dwarf to the Chandrasekhar limit. I present long-term high resolution spectroscopy of QU Carinae, one of the most promising single degenerate SNe Ia progenitors. I discuss its highly variable nature and compare it to current scenarios for mass accumulation onto high-mass white dwarfs, eventually leading to WD detonation and to a supernova explosion.
- Publication:
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Binary Paths to Type Ia Supernovae Explosions
- Pub Date:
- January 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921312014901
- Bibcode:
- 2013IAUS..281..149K
- Keywords:
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- binaries: general