@inproceedings{1d44b89bd48d4e7d9bd9c44fb87353bf,
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 = "AGB and Post-AGB, General, Mass-Loss, Stars, Supernovae, White Dwarfs",
author = "Tout, {Christopher A.} and Wickramasinghe, {Dayal T.} and Lattanzio, {John C.}",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1063/1.2916973",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780735405202",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "25--32",
booktitle = "Ninth Torino Workshop on Evolution and Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars and the Second Perugia Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics",
note = "9th Torino Workshop on Evolution and Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars and the 2nd Perugia Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics ; Conference date: 21-10-2007 Through 27-10-2007",
}