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Title: THE ENGINES BEHIND SUPERNOVAE AND GAMMA-RAY BURSTS

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OSTI ID:985354

The authors review the different engines behind supernova (SNe) and gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), focusing on those engines driving explosions in massive stars: core-collapse SNe and long-duration GRBs. Convection and rotation play important roles in the engines of both these explosions. They outline the basic physics and discuss the wide variety of ways scientists have proposed that this physics can affect the supernova explosion mechanism, concluding with a review of the current status in these fields.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
985354
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-07-0501; TRN: US201016%%1944
Resource Relation:
Conference: JAPANESE GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION 14 ; 200711 ; KYOTO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English