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Thermonuclear explosion in binaries: White dwarf helium star

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White Dwarfs

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Evolutionary sequences of a binary system consisting of a helium star in the stage of core helium burning and a white dwarf are presented. Different ways of He burning in the envelope of a dwarf are discussed. Incomplete helium burning is discussed with relation to occurence of possible observational features.

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Gary Wegner

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Ergma, E., Fedorova, A.V., Khohlov, A.M. (1989). Thermonuclear explosion in binaries: White dwarf helium star. In: Wegner, G. (eds) White Dwarfs. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 328. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51031-1_330

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