Connecting Recurrent Novae to [Some] Type Ia Supernovae
Abstract
In this review, I summarize the observational attempts made so far to unveil the nature of the progenitor system(s) of Type Ia supernovae. In particular, I focus on the most recent developments that followed the claimed detection of circumstellar material around a few events, and on the link this possibly establishes with recurrent novae. In this framework, I then discuss the case of RS Oph, what we know of its circumstellar environment, and what this is telling us about its supposed connection to Type Ia supernovae explosions.
- Publication:
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Binary Paths to Type Ia Supernovae Explosions
- Pub Date:
- January 2013
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2013IAUS..281..291P
- Keywords:
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- stars: novae;
- supernovae;
- binaries;
- individual (RS Oph)