How to explain supernova explosions of very massive stars
Summary
When extremely massive stars reach their final stages of evolution, marked by the gravitational collapse of their core, what happens? As under extreme compression the matter transitions from atomic to nuclear matter, the supernuclear densities within the star core suggest that quark matter may be formed. The transition to this unique phase of matter could prevent the collapse to a black hole and trigger a supernova explosion instead, explaining the origin of heavy neutron stars.
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