# Hypernovae and Other Black-Hole-Forming Supernovae

Source: [Hypernovae and Other Black-Hole-Forming Supernovae](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa32951e209131ce88985c>)

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Authors: K. Nomoto, K. Maeda, P.A. Mazzali, H. Umeda, J. Deng, K. Iwamoto

Published: 2003-08-08T11:53:25.000Z

## Abstract

During the last few years, a number of exceptional core-collapse supernovae (SNe) have been discovered. Their kinetic energy of the explosions are larger by more than an order of magnitude than the typical values for this type of SNe, so that these SNe have been called \`Hypernovae'. We first describe how the basic properties of hypernovae can be derived from observations and modeling. These hypernovae seem to come from rather massive stars, thus forming black holes. On the other hand, there are some examples of massive SNe with only a small kinetic energy. We suggest that stars with non-rotating black holes are likely to collapse "quietly" ejecting a small amount of heavy elements (Faint supernovae). In contrast, stars with rotating black holes are likely to give rise to very energetic supernovae (Hypernovae). We present distinct nucleosynthesis features of these two types of "black-hole-forming" supernovae. Hypernova nucleosynthesis is characterized by larger abundance ratios (Zn,Co,V,Ti)/Fe and smaller (Mn,Cr)/Fe. Nucleosynthesis in Faint supernovae is characterized by a large amount of fall-back. We show that the abundance pattern of the most Fe deficient star, HE0107-5240, and other extremely metal-poor carbon-rich stars are in good accord with those of black-hole-forming supernovae, but not pair-instability supernovae. This suggests that black-hole-forming supernovae made important contributions to the early Galactic (and cosmic) chemical evolution.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0308136>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0308136.pdf>)