Supernova nucleosynthesis: a review

arXiv:2609.16584 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR, nucl-ex, nucl-th · Submitted 2026-09-15 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR, nucl-ex, nucl-th

Submitted: 2026-09-15

Updated: 2026-09-15

Comments: 31 pages, 10 figures, accepted by Sci. China- Phys. Mech. Astron

DOI: 10.1360/s11433-026-3120-6

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Core — 125× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 58× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Metallicity — 40× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Adam — 7× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• alpha — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accretion Shock — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Chinese Academy of Sciences — 2× in this paper
• Degeneracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Neutron-capture elements — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment — 1× in this paper
• Elias — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Equation of State (EoS) — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Fidelity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Scaling Laws — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Nucleosynthesis and the chemical enrichment of galaxies
• Neutrinos and Heavy Element Nucleosynthesis
• Explodability matters: how realistic neutrino-driven explosions change explosive nucleosynthesis yields
• Production of heavy $\alpha$-elements and $^{44}$Ti in Cas A: comparison to abundances from 1D core-collapse supernova models and evidence for Carbon-Oxygen shell mergers
• A Three-Dimensional Exploration of Magnetic Fields, Rotation, and Shock Revival in a $39 M_\odot$ Core-Collapse Supernova Progenitor

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