• DOI:10.1086/375341
Corpus ID: 59065632

How Massive Single Stars End Their Life

@article{Heger2003HowMS,
  title={How Massive Single Stars End Their Life},
  author={A. Heger and Chris L. Fryer and S. Woosley and N. Langer and D. Hartmann},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2003},
  volume={591},
  pages={288-300}
}

A. Heger, Chris L. Fryer, +2 authors D. Hartmann

Published 2003

Physics

The Astrophysical Journal

How massive stars die—what sort of explosion and remnant each produces—depends chiefly on the masses of their helium cores and hydrogen envelopes at death. For single stars, stellar winds are the only means of mass loss, and these are a function of the metallicity of the star. We discuss how metallicity, and a simplified prescription for its effect on mass loss, affects the evolution and final fate of massive stars. We map, as a function of mass and metallicity, where black holes and neutron… CONTINUE READING

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