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Gravitational collapse of a massive star, resulting in a Type II supernova. Gravitational collapse is the contraction of an astronomical object due to the influence of its own gravity, which tends to draw matter inward toward the center of gravity. [1] Gravitational collapse is a fundamental mechanism for structure formation in the universe.
It would arise when a star "in the transitional range (~8 to 10 solar masses) between white dwarf formation and iron core-collapse supernovae", and with a degenerate O+Ne+Mg core, [139] imploded after its core ran out of nuclear fuel, causing gravity to compress the electrons in the star's core into their atomic nuclei, [140] [141] leading to a ...
A Type II supernova or SNII [1] (plural: supernovae) results from the rapid collapse and violent explosion of a massive star. A star must have at least eight times, but no more than 40 to 50 times, the mass of the Sun ( M ☉ ) to undergo this type of explosion. [ 2 ]
Basically, the gravitational collapse just acts too quickly for the supernova to be able to trigger and you get an implosion instead - which sounds super dramatic and awesome but it's 'gentle' in ...
The detection of gravitational waves from a core collapse supernova will be important. Moreover, gravitational waves from such a supernova will bring volumes of information about the dynamics of ...
A stellar black hole (or stellar-mass black hole) is a black hole formed by the gravitational collapse of a star. [1] They have masses ranging from about 5 to several tens of solar masses. [2] They are the remnants of supernova explosions, which may be observed as a type of gamma ray burst. These black holes are also referred to as collapsars.
Stars at least eight to 10 times the sun's mass end their lives in a supernova, blasting much of their matter into space after the collapse of the stellar core but leaving behind a remnant.
During a supernova, neutrinos are produced in enormous numbers inside the core. Therefore, they have a fundamental influence on the collapse and supernova explosions. [25] Neutrino heating is predicted to be responsible for the supernova explosion. [1] Neutrino oscillations during the collapse and explosion generate the gravitational wave ...