Fifty-Nine Reasons for a Supernova to not Explode
arXiv:astro-ph/0405029
Abstract
The number in the title is a birthday-inspired overestimate by about an order of magnitude. Nevertheless, this contribution reminds of well-known reasons that prevented straightforward explosions in many numerical supernova models. It emphasizes a separation between the two events of core collapse and supernova explosion.
5 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on "Nuclear Astrophysics" held at Ringberg Castle, March 22-27, 2004