Supernovae: A Survey of Current Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. An Optimist’s Guide to Supernovae

   1. An Optimist’s Guide to Supernovae

      • Robert P. Kirshner

      Pages 1-12

3. Models for core collapse and the explosion mechanism

   1. The Fate of Massive Stars: Collapse, Bounce and Shock Formation

      • G. E. Brown

      Pages 13-33

   2. Supernova Shocks and Neutrino Diffusion

      • H. A. Bethe

      Pages 35-52

   3. Supernovae for Pedestrians

      • Amos Yahil, James M. Lattimer

      Pages 53-70

   4. Shock Stagnation and Neutrino Losses in Stellar Collapse

      • T. J. Mazurek, J. Cooperstein, S. Kahana

      Pages 71-77

   5. Theoretical Models for Supernovae

      • S. E. Woosley, Thomas A. Weaver

      Pages 79-122

   6. Computer Simulations of Stellar Collapse and Supernovae Explosions: Non-Rotating and Rotating Models

      • Wolfgang Hillebrandt

      Pages 123-155

   7. Gravitational Radiation from Collapsing Rotating Stellar Cores

      • E. Müller

      Pages 157-166

   8. Theoretical Models of Type I Supernovae

      • J. Craig Wheeler

      Pages 167-203

   9. The Origin of the Crab Nebula and Electron Capture Supernova of 8–10 MƟ Stars

      • Ken’ichi Nomoto

      Pages 205-213

   10. Carbon-Oxygen White Dwarf Presupernova Models

       • R. Canal, J. Isern, J. Labay

       Pages 215-220

4. Light curves and their interpretation

   1. The Nature of Supernovae as Determined from Their Light Curves

      • W. David Arnett

      Pages 221-251

   2. Type II Supernovae Photospheres and Distances

      • Robert V. Wagoner

      Pages 253-266

   3. Type I Supernovae — Observational Constraints

      • David Branch

      Pages 267-279

   4. Radio Supernovae

      • K. W. Weiler, R. A. Sramek, J. M. van der Hulst, N. Panagia

      Pages 281-291

5. Very Massive Objects

   1. Evolution and Nucleosynthesis in Population III Stars

      • W. W. Ober, M. F. El Eid, K. J. Fricke

      Pages 293-301

   2. The Boundary between Explosion and Collapse in Very Massive Objects

      • J. R. Bond, W. D. Arnett, B. J. Carr

      Pages 303-311

   3. Pregalactic Very Massive Objects and Their Cosmological Consequences

      • B. J. Carr, W. D. Arnett, J. R. Bond

      Pages 313-318

6. Supernova search strategies

   1. Automated Supernova Search

      • Stirling A. Colgate

      Pages 319-323

The theme of the conference held at the Institute of Astronomy in the summer of 1981 was 'Supernovae'. The topic was interpreted very broadly: observations in all wavebands were discussed, along with theories for the explosion mechanism and the light curves; there were papers on supernova remnants and pulsar statistics; other sessions dealt with the use of new techniques for improving supernova searches, and with the importance of supernovae for cosmogonic and cosmological studies. This book contains texts based on all the main review lectures, together with a number of shorter papers which describe new results presented at the conference. The Scientific Organising Committee, responsible for arranging the programme, consisted of J. Audouze, G. B. Brown, J. Danziger, F. Pacini, M. J. Rees (Chairman) and J. W. Truran. The conference was well attended, with over 100 visitors to Cambridge as well as many local participants. We are grateful to all those who helped with the practical organisation of the meeting, especially Dr Michael Ingham (Secretary of the Institute of Astronomy) and Mrs Norah Tate. We thank all the authors of the papers in this volume for the trouble they took in preparing written versions of their excellent lectures, and for the efforts they made to meet our ' final' deadl ine: we wish especially to thank Drs W. O. Arnett and J. M. Lattimer for help with the edi torial work.

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• Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK

  Martin J. Rees, Ray J. Stoneham

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