Published February 8, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

The Fate of a WD Accreting H-Rich Material at High Rates

  • 1. Department of Physics, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 (Israel)
  • 2. Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904 (Israel)

Description

We study a white dwarf (WD) accreting solar-composition material at super-Eddington accretion rates. We find that after many cycles of hydrogen ignition and burning, several large Helium burning flashes expel the accreted envelope, leaving no net mass accumulation. This implies that such a system will not undergo accretion induced collapse.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/337/1/012051

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
337
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
Bi-annual nuclear physics in astrophysics (NPA) conference
Dates
3-8 Apr 2011
Place
Eilat (Israel)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43101063
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; BUILDUP; HELIUM BURNING; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BURNING; STAR ACCRETION; WHITE DWARF STARS
Descriptors DEC
DWARF STARS; ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION; NONMETALS; PHYSICS; STAR BURNING; STAR EVOLUTION; STARS