The Spin-Torsion Energy Available at Supernova Bounce Is Too Small to Power Any Part of the Explosion
This paper addresses a specific claim by arithmetic: that spin-torsion energy released at the density bound could contribute to exploding a collapsing star. At the density where a real core bounces, 3e17 kg per cubic metre, the torsion energy density on the neutron branch is 8.324e-07 joules per cubic metre, and integrated over a 10 km core it totals 3.487e+06 joules. Against a canonical explosion energy of 1e44 joules that is a fraction 3.49e-38, and against the full neutrino energy budget of 1e46 joules it is 3.49e-40. The claim therefore fails by roughly forty orders of magnitude: whatever revives the stalled shock, it is not torsion energy at the bound, because at stellar densities there is essentially no torsion energy to release. This is a disproof of the claim as stated, computed from the bound's own formula. Simulated, not measured.
Authors
- William Alexander Aldred (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1215-577X)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24134375
- Primary Topic
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00