Supernovae from White Dwarfs Near Black
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Grant J. Mathews; James R. Wilson; David S.P. Dearborn
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Article
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2005
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We describe a new thermonuclear explosion model for Type I (or Type II) supernovae whereby relativistic terms enhance the self gravity of a carbon-oxygen white dwarf (or redgiant core) as it passes or orbits near a black hole. This relativistic compression can cause the central density to exceed the