@inproceedings{363b2374e39a402eac19870b868663c0,
title = "Single star progenitors for type Ia supernovae",
abstract = "Type Ia supernovae are identified as exploding degenerate stars. Their luminosity is due to the radioactive decay of about a solar mass of 56Ni through 56Co to 56Fe. Although it is generally accepted that a degenerate carbon/oxygen white dwarf explodes as it accretes material from a binary companion, the progenitors of type Ia supernovae have not been categorically identified. The cores of intermediate mass asymptotic giant branch stars are composed of carbon and oxygen in a degenerate state. We discuss conditions under which carbon can ignite at the centre of such a core and when the ensuing explosion would appear as a type Ia supernova.",
keywords = "Stars: AGB and post-AGB, Stars: mass-loss, Supernovae: general, White dwarfs",
author = "Tout, {Christopher A.} and Wickramasinghe, {Dayal T.} and Lattanzio, {John C.}",
year = "2007",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1063/1.2818997",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780735404625",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "381--388",
booktitle = "Unsolved Problems in Stellar Physics - A Conference in Honour of Douglas Gough",
note = "Conference on Unsolved Problems in Stellar Physics ; Conference date: 02-07-2007 Through 06-07-2007",
}