A nonzero fraction of Type Ia supernovae may be triggered by primordial black holes, based on Milky Way chemical abundance patterns. The same channel also can match several features of known remnants and nearby events. doi.org/hb736k
Dr. Shing-Chi Leung, assistant professor of physics at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, has published the article "Primordial Black Hole Triggered Type Ia Supernovae II: Comparison with Supernova Remnants and Galactic Chemical Evolution" in The Astrophysical Journal.
