Progenitors of type Ia supernovae

Pilar Ruiz-Lapuente ()
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Pilar Ruiz-Lapuente: University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain.

Nature, 2012, vol. 481, issue 7380, 149-150

Abstract: A study of the remains of a type Ia supernova whose light swept past Earth about 400 years ago finds no sign of a companion star. The result indicates that the supernova's progenitor was a pair of white dwarfs. See Letter p.164

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1038/481149a

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