From: HVAC on

"Henry Wilson DSc ." <HW@..> wrote in message
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>
> Wormey, what exactly causes a SN to explode?

The short answer is gravity. If you want I can
go further into the details.



--
The world will scream out, "Help Us!"

I'll answer, "No".


From: Androcles on

"Henry Wilson DSc ." <HW@..> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:26:30 GMT, Sam Wormley <swormley1(a)mchsi.com> wrote:
>
>>Henry Wilson DSc wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Wormey, what exactly causes a SN to explode?
>>
>> Contributors include shock wave bounce and a tremendous outpouring of
>> neutrinos.
>>
>> In the case of SN 1987A
>> o total anti-neutrino energy 3 x 10^52 erg
>> o total neutrino energy 2.5 x 10^53 erg
>> o total neutrino luminosity 10^55 erg/s
>> o average neutrino temperature 4 MeV or 10^10 K
>> o number of neutrinos produced 10^58 neutrinos
>>
>> o neutrino flux density at the earth 5 x 10^10 /cm^2
>
> Which comes first, the neutrinos or the explosion?
>
Two stars collided for that one. You can clearly see the double
ejecta.
http://www.public.asu.edu/~rjansen/localgroup/SN1987A_Challis.jpg





From: BradGuth on
On Nov 6, 1:24 pm, "Androcles" <Headmas...(a)Hogwarts.physics_p> wrote:
> "Henry Wilson DSc ." <HW@..> wrote in messagenews:6609f5l470q2k3fhinr38fi87fau9ctmpn(a)4ax.com...
>
> > On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:26:30 GMT, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> >>Henry Wilson DSc wrote:
>
> >>> Wormey, what exactly causes a SN to explode?
>
> >>   Contributors include shock wave bounce and a tremendous outpouring of
> >>   neutrinos.
>
> >>   In the case of SN 1987A
> >>     o total anti-neutrino energy     3 x 10^52 erg
> >>     o total neutrino energy          2.5 x 10^53 erg
> >>     o total neutrino luminosity      10^55 erg/s
> >>     o average neutrino temperature   4 MeV or 10^10 K
> >>     o number of neutrinos produced   10^58 neutrinos
>
> >>     o neutrino flux density at the earth  5 x 10^10 /cm^2
>
> > Which comes first, the neutrinos or the explosion?
>
> Two stars collided for that one. You can clearly see the double
> ejecta.
>  http://www.public.asu.edu/~rjansen/localgroup/SN1987A_Challis.jpg

Nice one. How many light years diameter for each of those rings?

~ BG
From: Androcles on

"Henry Wilson DSc ." <HW@..> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:24:53 -0000, "Androcles"
> <Headmaster(a)Hogwarts.physics_p>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Henry Wilson DSc ." <HW@..> wrote in message
>>news:6609f5l470q2k3fhinr38fi87fau9ctmpn(a)4ax.com...
>>> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:26:30 GMT, Sam Wormley <swormley1(a)mchsi.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Henry Wilson DSc wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Wormey, what exactly causes a SN to explode?
>>>>
>>>> Contributors include shock wave bounce and a tremendous outpouring of
>>>> neutrinos.
>>>>
>>>> In the case of SN 1987A
>>>> o total anti-neutrino energy 3 x 10^52 erg
>>>> o total neutrino energy 2.5 x 10^53 erg
>>>> o total neutrino luminosity 10^55 erg/s
>>>> o average neutrino temperature 4 MeV or 10^10 K
>>>> o number of neutrinos produced 10^58 neutrinos
>>>>
>>>> o neutrino flux density at the earth 5 x 10^10 /cm^2
>>>
>>> Which comes first, the neutrinos or the explosion?
>>>
>>Two stars collided for that one. You can clearly see the double
>>ejecta.
>> http://www.public.asu.edu/~rjansen/localgroup/SN1987A_Challis.jpg
>
> I wouldn't want to try to work it out.
>
We know that, D.umb Sc.umbag.




From: Nightcrawler on


"Henry Wilson DSc." <HW@..> wrote in message news:5s3af5lt3o4126sp916860c9jdl49l07ga(a)4ax.com...

> We know that, wormey...but the compression due to gravity ultimately causes
> some kind of fusion... the principal energy source. Gravity alone can't cause
> the bloody thing to blow up.

Yes, just like a spark-plug, alone, does not make a piston move.