In the 1930s Fritz Zwicky, Walter Baade, and Rudolph Minkowski developed several models of them.
In the 1930s Fritz Zwicky, Walter Baade, and Rudolph Minkowski developed several models of them. The first type involves a carbon-oxygen white dwarf pulling matter from a companion star until it passes the Chandrasekhar limit. In the second type, heavy elements are produced in a star's core until silicon is produced, which fuses into iron in less than a day. Both types involve catastrophic collapse of the core. FTP identify these dramatic star deaths, the most energetic bangs since the Big one.
In the 1930s Fritz Zwicky, Walter Baade, and Rudolph Minkowski developed several models of them.
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