"jet cocoon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jet cocoons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} jet cocoon (plural jet cocoons)
  1. (supernovae astronomy) A cloud of gas that obscures the poles of a star undergoing hypernova (HN), which gets heated by the polar jet escaping the hypernova progenitor star (hnp), and may absorb the energy of a weak gamma-ray burst (GRB), leaving an observable HN lacking the associated GRB, or be penetrated by a stronger GRB, giving a HN with an associated GRB. Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-jet_cocoon-en-noun-nuyatPzV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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