NASA NTRS · 19870063450
Type-II supernovae from prompt explosions
Abstract
Evidence is cited that supernova 1987A involved a large explosion energy, of about (2-3) x 10 to the 51st ergs. Such large explosion energy has not come from delayed shocks to date, nor is it likely to. Improved physics in the presupernova evolution, especially the inclusion of Coulomb interactions, has brought the iron-core mass down by less than about 0.1 solar mass in the 13 solar mass star which has recently been evolved. It is found that supernova explosion energies up to 3 x 10 to the 51st ergs can be obtained by the prompt-explosion mechanism, provided that a somewhat soft equation of state is used at supranuclear densities.
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Baron, E., Bethe, H. A., Brown, G. E., Cooperstein, J., Kahana, S.. 1987-08-10. Type-II supernovae from prompt explosions. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19870063450
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