The Fates of Massive Stars
Chris Fryer (LLNL)
The collapse of massive stars are believed to be the cause of a number of
the most energetic explosions in the universe from supernovae to gamma-ray
bursts. Stellar collapse forms nearly all the neutron stars and
stellar-massed black holes in the universe and are the dominant
contributors to the heavy element abundances in galaxies. The last few
years has seen considerable progress in our understanding of these events.
I will review these different fates, focusing on the progress in recent
years.
