Physics of core-collapse supernovae in three dimensions: a sneak preview

HT Janka, T Melson, A Summa - Annual Review of Nuclear and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Nonspherical mass motions are a generic feature of core-collapse supernovae, and
hydrodynamic instabilities play a crucial role in the explosion mechanism. The first …

Hydrodynamics of core-collapse supernovae and their progenitors

B Müller - Living Reviews in Computational Astrophysics, 2020 - Springer
Multi-dimensional fluid flow plays a paramount role in the explosions of massive stars as
core-collapse supernovae. In recent years, three-dimensional (3D) simulations of these …

A new moment-based general-relativistic neutrino-radiation transport code: Methods and first applications to neutron star mergers

D Radice, S Bernuzzi, A Perego… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We present a new moment-based energy-integrated neutrino transport code for neutron star
merger simulations in general relativity. In the merger context, ours is the first code to include …

The overarching framework of core-collapse supernova explosions as revealed by 3D fornax simulations

A Burrows, D Radice, D Vartanyan… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We have conducted 19 state-of-the-art 3D core-collapse supernova simulations spanning a
broad range of progenitor masses. This is the largest collection of sophisticated 3D …

Self-consistent 3D supernova models from− 7 minutes to+ 7 s: A 1-bethe explosion of a∼ 19 M⊙ progenitor

R Bollig, N Yadav, D Kresse, HT Janka… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
To date, modern three-dimensional (3D) supernova (SN) simulations have not demonstrated
that explosion energies of 10 51 erg (= 1 bethe= 1 B) or more are possible for neutrino …

Gravitational-wave signature of core-collapse supernovae

D Vartanyan, A Burrows, T Wang, MSB Coleman… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We calculate the gravitational-wave (GW) signatures of detailed three-dimensional (3D) core-
collapse supernova simulations spanning a range of massive stars. Most of the simulations …

Supernova neutrinos: production, oscillations and detection

A Mirizzi, I Tamborra, HT Janka, N Saviano… - La Rivista del Nuovo …, 2016 - Springer
Neutrinos play a crucial role in the collapse and explosion of massive stars, governing the
infall dynamics of the stellar core, triggering and fueling the explosion and driving the …

On the formation history of Galactic double neutron stars

A Vigna-Gómez, CJ Neijssel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Double neutron stars (DNSs) have been observed as Galactic radio pulsars, and the recent
discovery of gravitational waves from the DNS merger GW170817 adds to the known DNS …

Exploring fundamentally three-dimensional phenomena in high-fidelity simulations of core-collapse supernovae

EP O'Connor, SM Couch - The Astrophysical Journal, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The details of the physical mechanism that drives core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe)
remain uncertain. While there is an emerging consensus on the qualitative outcome of …

Luminous fast blue optical transients and type Ibn/Icn SNe from Wolf-Rayet/Black hole mergers

BD Metzger - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Progenitor models for the" luminous" subclass of Fast Blue Optical Transients (LFBOTs;
prototype: AT2018cow) are challenged to simultaneously explain all of their observed …