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Do neutrinos account for approximately 99% of the energy released by Type 1a supernovae as they do for Type II 'Core collapse' supernovae?
So many accounts say that neutrinos carry away about 99 percent of the energy from a 'traditional' supernova (giant star at end of its life), but what about a white dwarf detonated after accretion?
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Higgs Field inside a White Dwarf
White dwarfs rank among the hottest things in the universe. In the early years of the life of the universe, universe was very hot and the Higgs field was deactivated causing all the particles ...
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