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arxiv: astro-ph/0107042 · v1 · pith:JZYTGXJZnew · submitted 2001-07-03 · 🌌 astro-ph

Is KPD 1930+2752 a good SN Ia progenitor?

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We investigate the evolution of a binary system which initially has an orbital period of 2^h 17^m and contains a 0.5 M_sun helium star with a white dwarf companion of 0.97 M_sun, similarly to suggested SN Ia candidate progenitor KPD 1930+2752. We show that the helium star completes core helium burning and becomes a white dwarf before components merge. The most probable outcome of the merger of components is formation of a massive white dwarf, despite initially the total mass of the system is above the Chandrasekhar mass.

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