Mass accretion onto massive white dwarfs

Ronald E. Taam

doi:10.1007/BF00650018

Mass accretion onto massive white dwarfs

Ronald E. Taam^*

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We have studied the thermonuclear runaways which develop on white dwarfs of 1.205 M_⊙ and 1.358 M_⊙ accreting hydrogen rich material at 10^-10M_⊙ yr^-1. It is found that ignition of this material occurs at densities in excess of about 10⁴ gm cm^-3 and that the critical accumulated mass required to initiate the runaway is 0.7(1.5)×10^-4M_⊙ for a 1.358(1.205)M_⊙ white dwarf.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	467-474
Number of pages	8
Journal	Astrophysics and Space Science
Volume	66
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00650018
State	Published - Dec 1 1979

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