Rapidly rotating white dwarf stars can solve missing companion problem for type Ia supernovae
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 15:31
in Astronomy & Space
The research group from the University of Tokyo and Keio University discovered that a Type Ia supernova occurs after its companion star evolves into a faint helium white dwarf in many cases, given the fact that the white dwarf is spinning in the progenitor system.