Friday, January 27, 2012

What is the process of a twenty solar mass star from birth to death?

What is the process of a twenty solar mass star from birth to death?



Please answer ASAP it's one of those emergency kind of things. Please no links with 10k pages.What is the process of a twenty solar mass star from birth to death?1. Gas cloud is disturbed and begins it's collapse



2. Eventually, enough gas accumulates to initiate nuclear fusion in the core



3. Hydrogen burning continues for about 10 million years



4. Core starts to collapse and starts helium fusion in core with a hydrogen burning shell



5. Eventually, carbon fusion begins in the core, with shells of helium and hydrogen fusion above it



6. Next comes an oxygen fusion period, a neon fusion period, etc down to a chromium fusion period.



7. Chromium fusion produces iron, which won't fuse and release energy



8. When enough iron accumulates in the core, it collapses and forms a neutron star. The material above the core falls onto the core, rebounds and (in some, rather vague fashion) generates a supernovae

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