Abstract

Contributed Talk - Splinter Stellar

Friday, 25 September 2020, 14:41   (virtual room M)

An in-depth reanalysis of the alleged type Ia supernova progenitor Henize 2-428

Nicole Reindl et al.
Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam

The nucleus of the planetary nebula Hen 2-428 is a short orbital-period (4.2 h), double-lined spectroscopic binary, whose status as a potential supernova type Ia progenitor has raised some controversy in the literature. Here I present the results of our in-depth reanalysis of the system and discuss its past and future evolution.