Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001rmxac..10..195s&link_type=abstract
The Seventh Texas-Mexico Conference on Astrophysics: Flows, Blows and Glows (Eds. William H. Lee and Silvia Torres-Peimbert) Rev
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Molecular Processes, Supernovae: General
Scientific paper
We are studying the effects of various envelope mass distributions, reaction networks, and rate constants on CO formation in the first month in core-collapse supernovae. We have found that a nonuniform envelope mass distribution does indeed bring the calculated CO abundances closer to the observed values. As a test case of ``clumping'', we have tested envelope density fluctuations that vary approximately sinusoidally with the radius. These fluctuations have tripled the CO production in the deeper areas of the envelope; however, the overall rate is still too low by an order of magnitude. The added density structures have complex effects on the chemical reaction rates, and we are using a 1-D code, so we predict that moving to a fully 3-D radiation transfer scheme and density distribution will bring the CO formation rate up to observed values.
Höflich Peter
Smith Douglas
Wheeler Justin C.
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