Nuclear Physics in Core-Collapse Supernovae

Conference · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 2008

OSTI ID:952519

Liebendoerfer, M ^[1]; Fischer, T ^[1]; Froelich, C ^[2]; Hix, William Raphael ^[3]; Langanke, Karlheinz ^[4]; Mart�nez-Pinedo, Gabriel ^[4]; Mezzacappa, Anthony ^[3]; Scheidegger, Simon ^[5]; Thielemann, F -K ^[1]; Whitehouse, S ^[1]

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1. University of Basel
2. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
3. ORNL
4. Gesellschaft f�r Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Germany
5. Universit�t Basel, Switzerland

Core collapse and the launch of a supernova explosion form a very short episode of a few seconds in the evolution of a massive star, during which an enormous gravitational energy of several times 10^{51} erg is transformed into observable neutrino, kinetic, and optical energy. We emphasize the wide range of matter conditions that prevail in a supernova event and sort the conditions into distinct regimes in the density and entropy phase diagram to briefly discuss their different impact on the neutrino signal, gravitational wave emission, and ejecta.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Sponsoring Organization: SC USDOE - Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 952519
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

gravitational wave
neutrino transport
neutron star
supernova