https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2018-12184-9
Review
On the stellar progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae
1
INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico d’Abruzzo, Via Mentore Maggini, SNC, IT-64100, Teramo, Italy
2
INFN, Sezione di Perugia, via Pascoli, IT-06123, Perugia, Italy
* e-mail: luciano.piersanti@inaf.it
Received:
30
April
2018
Accepted:
28
July
2018
Published online:
15
August
2018
In this paper I will review the physical properties of Type Ia Supernovae and, basing on the observational evidence and on stellar evolution theory, I will derive a possible self-consistent scenario for both the progenitor systems and the explosion mechanism.
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