1970s Scientific American article on type II supernovas and stellar collapse

[anorlunda]

In the 1970s, Scientific American published a great article on stellar collapse and type II supernovas. It described the evolution of the collapse millisecond-by-millisecond. I would love to re-read it.

Does anybody remember the title and author?

 

[SteamKing]

Try the May 1985 issue, with the article entitled, "How a supernova explodes".

 

[SteamKing]

There's a pdf copy of this article online:

http://www.cenbg.in2p3.fr/heberge/EcoleJoliotCurie/coursannee/transparents/SN%20-%20Bethe%20e%20Brown.pdf

 

[Chronos]

Ideas about supernova mechanisms have changed drastically over the past few decades. Check out recent entries on arxiv.

 

[SteamKing]

How about giving us a teaser?

 

[Chronos]

Perspectives on Core-Collapse Supernova Theory, http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.4921