Massive Star Evolution Through the Ages
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We review the current basic picture of the evolution of massive stars and how their evolution and structure changes as a function of initial mass. We give an overview of the fate of modern (Pop I) and primordial (Pop III) stars with emphasis on massive and very massive stars. For single stars we show how the type of explosions, the type of remnant and their frequencies changes for different initial metallicities.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0211062,
title = {Massive Star Evolution Through the Ages},
author = {A. Heger and S. E. Woosley and C. L. Fryer and N. Langer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0211062},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, 5 figues, to appear in Proc. "From Twilight to Highlight - The Physics of Supernovae" ESO/MPA/MPE Workshop Garching July 29 - 31, 2002