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Julian Martin Fernandez
Supernova Detonations
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My research experience begins with the
study of the detonation of a supernova type II. I was in charge of developing
a numerical simulation of the process. My advisors at that time were studying
a new proposal that involved the detonation of nuclear matter to strange
matter (a form of matter not found on the Earth, consisting of a soup of
quarks including the strange quark). That reaction could provide the energy
released in supernova explosions (not easily explainable using more conservative
models involving only nuclear matter). I used different kinds of equations of
state (soft and hard) for the strange matter. We found that the reaction from
nuclear to strange matter was sustainable and that the energy released in the
explosion was high enough to explain observational results. Part of this
research was used for my honor thesis for obtaining the title of Licentiate
in Physics, and part for my honor thesis for obtaining the title of
Licentiate in Astronomy. The two theses are in Spanish and currently
unavailable on the web. |