1/ New paper thread (well, new last week)! We find that most white dwarfs are born ready to explode. They just need something to hit them hard enough, which should happen when they merge with other white dwarfs. Read on for details!
arxiv.org/abs/2405.19417
arxiv.org
Almost All Carbon/Oxygen White Dwarfs Can Support Double Detonations
Double detonations of sub-Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs (WDs) in unstably mass-transferring double WD binaries have become a leading contender to explain most, if not all, Type Ia supernovae....