Open Issues in Core Collapse Supernova Theory (Proceedings from the Institute for Nuclear Theory)
Contributors: Anthony Mezzacappa (Editor); George Michael Fuller (Editor)
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: February 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9789812563149
Subjects: Astrophysics; Stars, interstellar matter; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Science; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - General; Astrophysics & Space Science
First sentence: Stars more massive than 10 M, evolve to an onion-like configuration, with an iron core surrounded by successive layers of silicon, oxygen, carbon, helium and finally hydrogen.