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[vsnet-chat 2202] Re: (fwd) SN query
- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 14:30:16 +0900 (JST)
- To: vsnet-chat@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- From: Hitoshi YAMAOKA <yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>
- Subject: [vsnet-chat 2202] Re: (fwd) SN query
- Cc: SteveAzo@AOL.com, yamaoka@rcsvr.rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp
- Sender: owner-vsnet-chat@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
>Could you possibly tell me what specific type of supernova
>produces/produced most of the iron in the universe?
One event of type Ia supernova is thought to produce about 0.6 - 1.0
solar mass of iron, besides an event of other type supernova gives
around 0.1 solar mass of iron (excepted "hypernova"). The ratio of
Ia/others is estimated to be nearly one, so the answer of your
question would be "type Ia".
Sincerely Yours,
Hitoshi YAMAOKA, Kyushu Univ., Japan.
yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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