Accretion Phase of White Dwarf Evolution

Presenter : TBD

Assigned Reading

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Read both of the following papers, neither are terribly long. Do not worry about the calculations too much, focus more on the input physics of the models as well as the results.

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1982ApJ...253..798N

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998ApJ...496..376C

Discussion

Why are high accretion rates problematic for reaching the Chandrasekhar mass?

Why are low accretion rates problematic for reaching the Chandrasekhar mass?

What difference can one notice in the results of Nomoto Fig 9 and Cassis et al.'s Fig. 10?

What can one conclude from Fig 10 of Cassisi et al.?

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