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Search for double degenerate progenitors of supernovae type Ia with SPY

R. Napiwotzki, H. Drechsel, U. Heber, C. Karl, E. -M. Pauli, N. Christlieb, H. -J. Hagen, D. Reimers, D. Koester, S. Moehler, D. Homeier, B. Leibundgut, A. Renzini, T. R. Marsh, G. Nelemans, L. Yungelson

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0210155

Abstract

We report on a large survey for double degenerate (DD) binaries as potential progenitors of type Ia supernovae with the UVES spectrograph at the ESO VLT (ESO SN Ia Progenitor surveY - SPY).

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