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    The resulting mass of the remnant of a core-collapse SN

    Hi twofish-quant, Thanks for your explanation. I really liked your air-cushion analogy. So what I understand is that the entire star is collapsing, once the inner part gets to a neutron degeneracy state it starts bouncing back, creating a shock wave that propagates out while more matter rushes...
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    The resulting mass of the remnant of a core-collapse SN

    Hi twofish-quant, Thanks for your reply. Why would the entire star collapse at the same speed? The shells around the core are still burning Si and lighter fuels up until H. There is still pressure there. Although the pressure below them has suddenly vanished, I would expect them to collapse much...
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    The resulting mass of the remnant of a core-collapse SN

    Thanks Drakkith, According to my understanding, there is nothing burning in the core - it is inert. The Silicon fusion happens in a shell around the core and its "ash" is added to the core until it reaches Chandrasekhar limit and collapses. Therefore if the core is 1.4 solar masses and it...
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    The resulting mass of the remnant of a core-collapse SN

    Hi, This is my first post. If this question is already answered please direct me there. I don't know yet how to narrow my search in the forum. If a core-collapse SN starts as soon as the degenerate core reaches Chandrasekhar limit and the outer boundary of that core is detached from the...
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