Abstract
Arguments which favor the simultaneity of collapse and explosion in a fraction of mass-accreting white dwarfs are reviewed. The phase transition to the solid state induced by cooling is singled out as the key physical process allowing collapse upon thermonuclear ignition. The different (and still open) alternatives for this phase transition are considered and it is shown that all of them should lead to collapse of the central layers following their incineration. Neutron star formation (Type II binary X-ray sources) and Type I supernova outbursts would thus be the endpoints of the evolution of “frozen” carbon-oxygen white dwarfs, accreting matter from low-mass, close binary companion stars.
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Canal, R., Isern, J., Labay, J. (1984). Collapse and Explosion of Degenerate Stars. In: Bancel, D., Signore, M. (eds) Problems of Collapse and Numerical Relativity. NATO ASI Series, vol 134. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6460-0_8
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