Casanova Bustamante, Jordi (Date of defense: 2011-11-03)
Classical nova explosions are stellar explosions that take place in close binary systems with an energy release only exceeded by gamma-ray bursts and supernova explosions. Matter from the white dwarf ...
Moreno Guzmán, Fermín (Date of defense: 2009-11-25)
In the middle of the 70s, some authors suggested that accretion of hydrogen and helium rich material by a neutron star in a binary system, where the companion star would have low mass, could explain ...
Figueira, Joana (Date of defense: 2023-05-31)
(English) Classical and Recurrent novae are thermonuclear explosions hosted by accreting white dwarfs in stellar binary systems. Material piles up on top of the white dwarf star under mildly degenerate ...
Martín Rodríguez, José David (Date of defense: 2023-07-07)
(English) Hydrodynamic models are essential for our understanding of the physics of stellar explosions, and specifically, for their potential contribution to the Galactic chemical abundances. In this ...