Towards the Core-Collapse Supernova Explosion Mechanism

Book · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2012

OSTI ID:1091678

Cardall, Christian Y ^[1]; Endeve, Eirik ^[1]; Budiardja, R. D. ^[2]; Marronetti, Pedro ^[3]; Mezzacappa, Anthony ^[1]

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1. ORNL
2. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)
3. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton

Core-collapse supernovae are amazing displays of astrohysical fireworks - and the optical emission is only a tiny part of the story. These events involve virtually all branches of physics and spawn phenomena observale by every kind of astronomical observation. This richness of theory and observation presents a formidable challenge to their understanding via computer simulations, but we are entering a new era of realism and maturity in modeling the key processes by collapse and explosion.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1091678
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English