Explosion Models for Thermonuclear Supernovae Resulting from Different Ignition Conditions

We have explored in three dimensions the fate of a white dwarf of mass of 1.38 M ⨀ as a function of different initial locations of carbon ignition, with the aid of a SPH code. The calculated models cover a variety of possibilities ranging from the simultaneous ignition of the central volume of the star to the off-center ignition in multiple scattered spots. In the former case, the possibility of a transition to a detonation when the mean density of the nuclear flame decreases to ρ ≃ 2 × 107 g cm−3 and its consequences are discussed. In the last case, the dependence of the results as a function of the number of initial igniting spots and the chance of some of these models to evolve to the pulsating delayed detonation scenario are also outlined.