Thursday, August 2, 2007

About the sequence of supernova?

Within about 0.1 second, the core collapses.
After about 0.5 second, the collapsing envelope interacts with the outward shock. Neutrinos are emitted.
Within 2 hours, the envelope of the star is explosively ejected. When the photons reach the surface of the star, it brightens by a factor of 100 million.
Over a period of months, the expanding remnant emits X-rays, visible light and radio waves in a decreasing fashion.

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