The physics of core-collapse supernovae超新星研究

The physics of core-collapse supernovae
Stan Woosley（1） and Thomas Janka（2）

Abstract

Supernovae are nature's grandest explosions and an astrophysical laboratory in which unique conditions exist that are not achievable on Earth. They are also the furnaces in which most of the elements heavier than carbon have been forged. Scientists have argued for decades about the physical mechanism responsible for these explosions. It is clear that the ultimate energy source is gravity, but the relative roles of neutrinos, fluid instabilities, rotation and magnetic fields continue to be debated.


1.        Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
2.        Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, D-85741, Garching, Germany
Correspondence to: Stan Woosley1 e-mail: woosley@ucolick.org

超新星 的物理核心- 倒塌
Stan Woosley （ 1 ）和Thomas Janka （ 2 ）

摘要

超新星 是自然最壮观的爆发，并且在地球上的天体物理学的实验室模拟不成这种独特的情况存在。 他们也是制造大部份比碳重的元素的火炉。 科学家对这些爆发的实际有关机制争论长达十年。 爆发最基本的能源来源清楚的确定是地心引力，但是中微子，液体不安定 , 旋转和磁场所扮演的角色要继续讨论。