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We examine the contribution of electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe), low-mass SNe from collapsing Fe cores (FeCCSNe), and rotating massive stars to the chemical composition of the Galaxy. Our model includes contributions to chemical evolution from both thermonuclear ECSNe (tECSNe) and gravitational collapse ECSNe (cECSNe). We show that if ECSNe are predominantly gravitational collapse SNe but about 15% are partial thermonuclear explosions, the model is able to reproduce the solar abundances of several important and problematic isotopes including $^{48}$Ca, $^{50}$Ti and $^{54}$Cr together with $^{58}$Fe, $^{64}$Ni, $^{82}$Se and $^{86}$Kr and several of the Zn--Zr isotopes. A model in which no cECSNe occur, only tECSNe with low-mass FeCCSNe or rotating massive stars, proves also very successful at reproducing the solar abundances for these isotopes. Despite the small mass range for the progenitors of ECSNe and low-mass FeCCSNe, the large production factors suffice for the solar inventory of the above isotopes. Our model is compelling because it introduces no new tensions with the solar abundance distribution for a Milky Way model -- only tending to improve the model predictions for several isotopes. The proposed astrophysical production model thus provides a natural and elegant way to explain one of the last uncharted territories on the periodic table of astrophysical element production.
(Abridged) The explosion mechanism of electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) remains equivocal. We attempt to constrain the explosion mechanism (neutron-star-forming implosion or thermonuclear explosion) and the frequency of occurrence of ECSNe using nu
In the classical picture, electron-capture supernovae and the accretion-induced collapse of oxygen-neon white dwarfs (ONeWDs) undergo an oxygen deflagration phase before gravitational collapse produces a neutron star (NS). These types of core collaps
We report the discovery of optical emission from the non-radiative shocked ejecta of three young Type Ia supernova remnants (SNRs): SNR 0519-69.0, SNR 0509-67.5, and N103B. Deep integral field spectroscopic observations reveal broad and spatially res
Electron capture rates on neutron-rich nuclei (A>65) were calculated within the Random Phase Approximation with partial number formalism, including allowed and forbidden transitions. The partial occupation numbers were provided as a function of tempe
Atmospheric parameters and chemical compositions for ten stars with metallicities in the region of -2.2< [Fe/H] <-0.6 were precisely determined using high resolution, high signal to noise, spectra. For each star the abundances, for 14 to 27 elements,