Nucleosynthesis in Stellar Explosions

Woosley, S. E.; Axelrod, Timothy S.; Weaver, Thomas A.

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-6348-1_22

Nucleosynthesis in Stellar Explosions

S. E. Woosley^3,4,
Timothy S. Axelrod⁵ &
Thomas A. Weaver⁶

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The final evolution and explosion of stars from 10 M⊙ to 10⁶ M⊙ are reviewed with emphasis on factors affecting the expected nucleosynthesis. We order our paper in a sequence of decreasing mass. If, as many suspect, the stellar birth function was peaked towards larger masses at earlier times (see e.g., Silk 1977; but also see Palla, Salpeter, and Stahler 1983), this sequence of masses might also be regarded as a temporal sequence. At each stage of Galactic chemical evolution stars form from the ashes of preceding generations which typically had greater mass. A wide variety of Type I supernova models, most based upon accreting white dwarf stars, are also explored using the expected light curves, spectra, and nucleosynthesis as diagnostics. No clearly favored Type I model emerges that is capable of simultaneously satisfying all three constraints.

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Woosley, S.E., Axelrod, T.S., Weaver, T.A. (1984). Nucleosynthesis in Stellar Explosions. In: Chiosi, C., Renzini, A. (eds) Stellar Nucleosynthesis. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 109. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6348-1_22

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