stripped-envelope supernova

noun

Definitions

  1. A supernova whose spectrum lacks, or is highly deficient in, hydrogen lines, and where…

    A supernova whose spectrum lacks, or is highly deficient in, hydrogen lines, and where the star has already blown away its outer hydrogen envelope, having exposed the lower enveloping helium layer, prior to the explosion.

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