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Supernovae and Neutron Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Stirling A. Colgate*
Affiliation:
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, N.M. 87801, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The formation of a neutron star and the event observed as a supernova are presumed by most astrophysicists to be simultaneous. The theoretical difficulty of understanding this is compounded by a hierarchy of conflicting phenomena dominated by the possibility of effective neutrino transport of the heat of the neutron star formation to the outer envelope. A thermonuclear detonation of a carbon core may take place at just the right density such that both neutron star formation and neutrino assisted envelope ejection can occur together.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974