Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-09-02
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, Latex, 5 postscript figures, uses paspconf.sty, to be published in SN1987A: Ten Years After, The Fifth CTIO/ESO/LCO
Scientific paper
The observation of neutrinos from Supernova~1987A has confirmed the theoretical conjecture that these particles play a crucial role during the collapse of the core of a massive star. Only one per cent of the energy they carry away from the newly formed neutron star may account for all the kinetic and electromagnetic energy responsible for the spectacular display of the supernova explosion. However, the neutrinos emitted from the collapsed stellar core at the center of the explosion couple so weakly to the surrounding matter that convective processes behind the supernova shock and/or inside the nascent neutron star might be required to increase the efficiency of the energy transfer to the stellar mantle and envelope. The conditions for a successful explosion by the neutrino-heating mechanism and the possible importance of convection in and around the neutron star are shortly reviewed.
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