The physics of core-collapse supernovae

Nature Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-154

  Woosley, Stan ^a   Janka, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE COLLAPSE SUPERNOVAE; ENERGY SOURCE; FLUID INSTABILITY; PHYSICAL MECHANISM;

SUPERNOVAE;

EID: 33845591803     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys172     Document Type: Review

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