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Author:   M.J. Rees ,  R.J. Stoneham
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1982 ed.
Volume:   90
Weight:   1.040kg
ISBN:  

9789027714428

ISBN 10:   9027714428
Pages:   590
Publication Date:   30 June 1982
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

An optimist’s guide to Supernovae.- Models for core collapse and the explosion mechanism.- The fate of massive stars: Collapse, bounce and shock formation.- Supernova shocks and neutrino diffusion.- Supernovae for pedestrians.- Shock stagnation and neutrino losses in stellar collapse.- Theoretical models for supernovae.- Computer simulations of stellar collapse and supernovae explosions: Non-rotating and rotating models.- Gravitational radiation from collapsing rotating stellar cores.- Theoretical models of type I supernovae.- The origin of the Crab nebula and electron capture supernova of 8–10 M? stars.- Carbon-Oxygen white dwarf presupernova models.- Light curves and their interpretation.- The nature of supernovae as determined from their light curves.- Type II supernovae photospheres and distances.- Type I supernovae: Observational constraints.- Radio Supernovae.- Very Massive Objects.- Evolution and nucleosynthesis in population III stars.- The boundary between explosion and collapse in very massive objects.- Pregalactic very massive objects and their cosmological consequences.- Supernova search strategies.- Automated supernova search.- The Berkeley automated supernova search.- Automated supernova search from photographic plates.- Supernova and pulsar statistics.- The historical supernovae.- Supernova statistics and related problems.- The galactic distribution of pulsars.- Theory of supernova remnants.- Young supernova remnants.- The evolution of supernova remnants and the structure of the interstellar medium.- Non-Thermal aspects of supernova remnants.- Observations of supernova remnants.- Supernova remnants in M31.- Optical supernova remnants in external galaxies.- Optical spectrophotometry of the Cygnus Loop.- X-ray spectroscopy and imagery of supernovaremnants with the Einstein observatory.- Einstein observations of supernova remnants.- An X-ray survey of supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud.- Supernovae, cosmogony and cosmology.- Supernovae and the origin of the solar system.- Supernovae and the formation of galaxies.- Name index.- Object index.

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