stripped-envelope supernova

English

Noun

stripped-envelope supernova (plural stripped-envelope supernovae)

1. (astronomy) 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.

Synonyms

• SE SN (plural: SE SNe) (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

• type-IIb supernova
• stripped-envelope core-collapse supernova
  • type-Ib supernova
  • type-Ic supernova

Coordinate terms

• core-collapse supernova
• kilonova
• type-IIa supernova
• type-II supernova
• type-Ia supernova
• type-I supernova

Related terms

• stripped
• envelope
• supernova