The ESO supernovae type Ia progenitor survey (SPY)

Napiwotzki, R.; A. Karl, C.; Lisker, T.; Catalán, S.; Drechsel, H.; Heber, U.; Homeier, D.; Koester, D.; Leibundgut, B.; R. Marsh, T.; Moehler, S.; Nelemans, G.; Reimers, D.; Renzini, A.; Ströer, A.; R. Yungelson, L.

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629648

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The ESO supernovae type Ia progenitor survey (SPY)

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Authors:

R. Napiwotzki

C. A. Karl

T. Lisker

Abstract

Close double degenerate binaries are one of the favoured progenitor channels for type Ia supernovae, but it is unclear how many suitable systems there are in the Galaxy. We report results of a large radial velocity survey for double degenerate (DD) binaries using the UVES spectrograph at the ESO VLT...

Subject

White dwarf

Physics

Supernova

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