Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: We examine the characteristics of nucleosynthesis in "hypernovae," i.e., supernovae with very large explosion energies (≳10 52 ergs). We carry out detailed nucleosynthesis calculations for these energetic explosions and compare the yields with those of ordinary core-collapse supernovae. We find that both complete and incomplete Si-burning takes place over more extended, lower density regions, so that the α-rich freezeout is enhanced and produces more Ti in comparison with ordinary supernova nucleosynthesis. In addition, oxygen and carbon burning takes place in more extended, lower density regions than in ordinary supernovae. Therefore, the fuel elements O, C, and Al are less abundant, while a larger amount of Si, S, Ar, and Ca ("Si") are synthesized by oxygen burning; this leads to larger ratios of "Si"/O in the ejecta. Enhancement of the mass ratio between complete and incomplete Si-burning regions in the ejecta may explain the abundance ratios among iron-peak elements in metal-poor stars. Also the enhanced "Si"/O ratio may explain the abundance ratios observed in star burst galaxies. We also discuss other implications of enhanced [Ti/Fe] and [Fe/O] for Galactic chemical evolution and the abundances of low-mass black hole binaries.
Source: The Astrophysical Journal
DOI: 10.1086/321495
Authors: Takayoshi Nakamura, Hideyuki Umeda, Koichi Iwamoto, Ken’ichi Nomoto, Masa‐aki Hashimoto, W. Raphael Hix, Friedrich‐Karl Thielemann
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Awards: G1026679911, G1645119126, G166562317, G203625172, G2411683797, G2757267231, G2988778103, G313676650, G3665831339, G393689804, G3945850812, TOWARD THE CORE COLLAPSE SUPERNOVA MECHANISM: THE NEXT GENERATION IN NEUTRINO TRANSPORT AND CONVE, G4423657506, G5726405315, G675320460, Theoretische Astrophysik und ihre kernphysikalischen Grundlagen, G8906985441, G8943143067
OpenAlex ID: W1987095925