Abstract
One of the frontiers in modern cosmology is understanding the end of the cosmic dark age, when the first luminous objects (e.g., stars, supernovae (SNe), and galaxies) re-shaped the primordial Universe into the present one of much complexity. In this dissertation, I use numerical simulations to study the evolution of the first supernovae and their cosmological consequences. To push the model frontiers of the first SNe, I apply new numerical approaches to advance models of the first SNe. The goal of my dissertation is to provide a better understanding of the first SNe that may be observed by the large telescopes of the future.
Description
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. September 2013. Major: Physics. Advisor: Prof. Alexander Heger. 1 computer file (PDF); xiv, 196 pages, appendices A.
Suggested Citation
Chen, Ke-Jung.
(2013).
The First Supernovae.
Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy,
https://hdl.handle.net/11299/163245.