Neutrinos, supernovae, and the origin of the heavy elements
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2018-01-30 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
Stars of ~8-100 solar masses end their lives as core-collapse supernovae (SNe). In the process they emit a powerful burst of neutrinos, produce a variety of elements, and leave behind either a neutron star or a black hole. The wide mass range for SN progenitors results in diverse neutrino signals, explosion energies, and nucleosynthesis products. A major mechanism to produce nuclei heavier than iron is rapid neutron capture, or the r process. This process may be connected to SNe in several ways. A brief review is presented on current understanding of neutrino emission, explosion, and nucleosynthesis of SNe.
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@article{arxiv.1801.09554,
title = {Neutrinos, supernovae, and the origin of the heavy elements},
author = {Yong-Zhong Qian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.09554},
year = {2018}
}
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6 pages, 2 figures