The Most Energetic Event in the Universe (that we know of)

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The amount of energy produced from the collapsing core of a massive star is pretty inconceivable. The mechanism that facilitates this the creation and distribution of this energy is just as wild. If you’re like me you may have heard that Supernovae are the result of stellar masses "bouncing" off the incredibly dense proto-neutron star core. Like many things in this world, reality is far more complicated.

Special thanks to:
- Dr. David Vartanyan for supply high def simulation footage and answering questions

- Prof. Robin Jefferies for answering some questions and clearing up some misconceptions I had about the the Direct Urca Process and the collapse mechanism

Sources/Further Reading:

- Core-collapse supernova explosion theory: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03059-w

- Supernova Explosions: David Branch • J. Craig Wheeler

- Understanding Stellar Evolution: Henny J.G.L.M. Lamers, Emily M. Levesque

- Exploding Superstars
Understanding Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts: Alain Mazure

- Direct URCA process in neutron stars with strong magnetic fields: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1126-6708/1998/09/020

- The mechanism(s) of core-collapse supernovae: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2016.0271

- Neutrino transport in core collapse supernovae: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0427(99)00162-4

- ASASSN-15lh: A highly super-luminous supernova: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aac9613

- Core Collapse Supernovae: http://flash.uchicago.edu/~calder/core.html#:~:text=Core%20collapse%20supernovae%20are%20the,%7B45%2D46%7D%20watts.

- Direct Urca process in a neutron star mantle: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full/2004/27/aa0288-04/aa0288-04.html

- The Life And Death Of Stars: https://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/~infocom/The%20Website/pressure.html
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