 Double-degenerate Type Ia supernova scenario (source code)

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= Double-degenerate Type Ia supernova scenario
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The double-degenerate scenario forms a close pair of carbon--oxygen white dwarfs, usually through mass transfer and one or more common-envelope phases. Gravitational radiation then shrinks the orbit until merger or unstable transfer triggers thermonuclear disruption.

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