The supernova fragmentation model of solar system formation (Q1820060)

The model of solar system formation, proposed by the first author [Los Alamos National Laboratory Report LA-4343 (1970); Astrophys. Space Sci. 121, 351-356 (1986) and ibid. 113, 143-154 (1985)] was further developed. In this model a massive shell of a supernova explosion is ejected and fragmented into separate volumes. Each fragment evolves into a separate solar system. The authors formulated the reverse-flow hypothesis that may be responsible for the inner, earthlike planets. The mass distribution within a solar nebula can be computed with an appropriate program. The proposed scheme of ''sequential fragmentation'' (explosive amplification) suggests a chain reaction which could also explain the formation of galaxies.