Origin of the heaviest elements: The rapid neutron-capture process

JJ Cowan, C Sneden, JE Lawler, A Aprahamian… - Reviews of Modern …, 2021 - APS
The production of about half of the heavy elements found in nature is assigned to a specific
astrophysical nucleosynthesis process: the rapid neutron-capture process (r process) …

PUSHing core-collapse supernovae to explosions in spherical symmetry. III. Nucleosynthesis yields

S Curtis, K Ebinger, C Fröhlich, M Hempel… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In a previously presented proof-of-principle study, we established a parameterized
spherically symmetric explosion method (PUSH) that can reproduce many features of core …

PUSHing core-collapse supernovae to explosions in spherical symmetry. II. explodability and remnant properties

K Ebinger, S Curtis, C Fröhlich, M Hempel… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In a previously presented proof-of-principle study, we established a parameterized
spherically symmetric explosion method (PUSH) that can reproduce many features of core …

Neutron star kicks and their relationship to supernovae ejecta mass

JC Bray, JJ Eldridge - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We propose a simple model to explain the velocity of young neutron stars. We attempt to
confirm a relationship between the amount of mass ejected in the formation of the neutron …

Impact of neutrino opacities on core-collapse supernova simulations

K Kotake, T Takiwaki, T Fischer… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The accurate description of neutrino opacities is central to both the core-collapse supernova
(CCSN) phenomenon and the validity of the explosion mechanism itself. In this work, we …

The physics of Core-Collapse Supernovae: Explosion mechanism and explosive nucleosynthesis

L Boccioli, L Roberti - Universe, 2024 - mdpi.com
Recent developments in multi-dimensional simulations of core-collapse supernovae have
considerably improved our understanding of this complex phenomenon. In addition to that …

Nucleosynthesis in 2D core-collapse supernovae of 11.2 and 17.0 M⊙ progenitors: implications for Mo and Ru production

M Eichler, K Nakamura, T Takiwaki… - Journal of Physics G …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) are the first polluters of heavy elements in the galactic
history. As such, it is important to study the nuclear compositions of their ejecta, and …

What can we learn on supernova neutrino spectra with water Cherenkov detectors?

AG Rosso, F Vissani, MC Volpe - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the precision with which the supernova neutrino spectra can be
reconstructed in water Cherenkov detectors, in particular the large scale Hyper-Kamiokande …

44Ti ejecta in young supernova remnants

C Weinberger, R Diehl, MMM Pleintinger… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. Tracing unstable isotopes produced in supernova nucleosynthesis provides a
direct diagnostic of supernova explosion physics. Theoretical models predict an extensive …

Detectability of collective neutrino oscillation signatures in the supernova explosion of a star

H Sasaki, T Takiwaki, S Kawagoe, S Horiuchi… - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
In order to investigate the impact of collective neutrino oscillations (CNOs) on the neutrino
signal from a nearby supernova, we perform three-flavor neutrino oscillation simulations …