Supernova explosion needs second attempt

Research report (imported) 2009 - Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

Authors

Janka, Hans-Thomas

Departments

Stellare Astrophysik (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hillebrandt)
MPI für Astrophysik, Garching

Summary

Scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics and the Cluster of Excellence "Universe" at the TU Munich show by detailed computer simulations how the interaction of neutrinos may cause supernova explosions of stars with 11 to 15 solar masses.

For the full text, see the German version.