Thermal Stiffness of Warm Nuclear Matter and Supernova Explosions by Shock Heating
- 24 March 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 44 (12) , 832-835
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.44.832
Abstract
The thermal stiffness derived from a realistic equation of state lies just in the range necessary for mass ejection in the collapse of the cores of heavy stars.Keywords
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