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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 | |||
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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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Latest revision as of 10:32, 17 September 2009
Presenter : TBD
Suggested Starting Points
Assigned Reading
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.?