Some colliding white dwarfs can reignite fusion rather than gosupernova

On 17/05/2011 12:37 PM, Raymond Yohros wrote:
here's a link with some basic specs on H, He, C and O fusion

http://www.astrophysicsspectator.com...rs/Fusion.html

r.y

Good link, this demonstrates the amount of energy that can be liberated
from each different type of fusion product. The amounts liberated keep
going down, and the amount of energy needed to get the fusion started
keep going up with the heavier particles.

Yousuf Khan