Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-10-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
37 pages with 16 figures, submitted to ApJ
Scientific paper
The mass distribution of neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes provides vital clues into the nature of stellar core collapse and the physical engine responsible for supernova explosions. Using recent advances in our understanding of supernova engines, we derive mass distributions of stellar compact remnants. We provide analytical prescriptions for compact object masses for major population synthesis codes. In an accompanying paper, Belczynski et al., we demonstrate that these qualitatively new results for compact objects can explain the observed gap in the remnant mass distribution between ~2-5 solar masses and that they place strong constraints on the nature of the supernova engine. Here, we show that advanced gravitational radiation detectors (like LIGO/VIRGO or the Einstein Telescope) will be able to further test the supernova explosion engine models once double black hole inspirals are detected.
Belczynski Krzysztof
Dominik Martin
Fryer Chris L.
Holz Daniel
Kalogera Vassiliki
No associations
LandOfFree
Compact Remnant Mass Function: Dependence on the Explosion Mechanism and Metallicity does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with Compact Remnant Mass Function: Dependence on the Explosion Mechanism and Metallicity, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Compact Remnant Mass Function: Dependence on the Explosion Mechanism and Metallicity will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-497470