Essential ingredients in core-collapse supernovae

Carrying 1044 joules of kinetic energy and a rich mix of newly synthesized atomic nuclei, core-collapse supernovae are the preeminent foundries of the nuclear species which make up our solar system and ourselves. Signaling the inevitable death of a massive star, and the birth of a neutron star or bl...

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Main Authors: W. Raphael Hix, Eric J. Lentz, Eirik Endeve, Mark Baird, M. Austin Chertkow, J. Austin Harris, O. E. Bronson Messer, Anthony Mezzacappa, Stephen Bruenn, John Blondin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2014-03-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4870009