The impact of chemical differentiation of white dwarfs on thermonuclear supernovae

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Table 3

Induced detonation of carbon.

ρ	X(¹²C)^a	Altitude^b	Detonation?
(g cm^-3)		(km)

6 × 10⁶	0.50	5	no
6 × 10⁶	0.61	5	no
6 × 10⁶	0.86	5	yes
6 × 10⁶	0.50	10	weak
6 × 10⁶	0.61	10	yes
6 × 10⁶	0.86	10	yes
6 × 10⁶	0.50	20	yes
2 × 10⁶	0.50	50	no
2 × 10⁶	0.61	50	no
2 × 10⁶	0.86	50	no
2 × 10⁶	0.50	100	no
2 × 10⁶	0.61	100	weak
2 × 10⁶	0.86	100	weak
2 × 10⁶	0.50	200	weak
2 × 10⁶	0.61	200	weak
2 × 10⁶	0.86	200	weak

Notes.

^(a)

Carbon mass fraction surrounding the central He ball. In all calculations, the oxygen mass fraction in this region was set to X(¹⁶O) = 1 − X(¹²C).

^(b)

Radius of the central ball made of 99% ⁴He and 1% ¹²C.

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