Supernovae and Neutron Star Formation

超新星和中子星形成

• 批准号: 8714176
• 负责人: Adam Burrows
• 金额: $ 6.8万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-12-15 至 1990-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8714176&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Supernovae; Neutron; Star; Formation

Burrows will study theoretically the formation of a neutron star and of a supernova explosion. Emphasis rests on the creation and emission of neutrinos, as observed from supernova 1987A, and on the effect of convection enhancing the shock causing the supernova explosion. Supernovae are rare stellar explosions of such magnitude that they have influenced the formation of most stars, including the Sun, and the formation of the elements that today form the Earth and living matter. The supernova observed this year in the Large Magellanic Cloud was not only the nearest in the last three centuries but the first to yield detectable neutrinos, the elusive particles that can escape from deep inside a star. The neutrinos provide a new "window" for studying these exploding stars. This award supports the theoretical study of the explosion that leads to a supernova. Of special interest is the behavior of the neutrinos, not only because some are observed but also because neutrinos provide the essential force that drives the explosion.

伯罗斯将从理论上研究中子星星的形成 和超新星爆炸的证据 重点在于创造和 从超新星1987A观测到的中微子发射，以及 对流的影响增强了激波， 超新星爆炸 超新星是罕见的恒星爆炸， 它们影响了大多数恒星的形成， 太阳，以及形成今天地球的元素 和生命物质。 今年在大星系中观测到的超新星 麦哲伦星云不仅是最近的三个 几个世纪以来，但第一个产生可检测的中微子， 这些难以捉摸的粒子可以从星星深处逃逸出来。 的 中微子为研究这些爆炸提供了一个新的“窗口”， 星 该奖项支持的理论研究 导致超新星的爆炸 特别感兴趣的是 中微子的行为，不仅因为一些被观察到， 还因为中微子提供了驱动 爆炸