THREE-DIMENSIONAL CORE-COLLAPSE SUPERNOVA SIMULATED USING A 15 M{sub ⊙} PROGENITOR

We have performed ab initio neutrino radiation hydrodynamics simulations in three and two spatial dimensions (3D and 2D) of core-collapse supernovae from the same 15 M{sub ☉} progenitor through 440 ms after core bounce. Both 3D and 2D models achieve explosions; however, the onset of explosion (shock...

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Published in:Astrophysical journal. Letters 2015-07, Vol.807 (2)
Main Authors: Lentz, Eric J., Mezzacappa, Anthony, Harris, J. Austin, Yakunin, Konstantin N., Bruenn, Stephen W., Hix, W. Raphael, Messer, O. E. Bronson, Endeve, Eirik, Blondin, John M., Marronetti, Pedro
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Language:English
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ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
AXIAL SYMMETRY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COSMIC NEUTRINOS
GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE
HEATING
HYDRODYNAMICS
IRON
KINETIC ENERGY
ORIENTATION
PLUMES
STAR EVOLUTION
SUPERNOVAE
SURFACES
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Summary:We have performed ab initio neutrino radiation hydrodynamics simulations in three and two spatial dimensions (3D and 2D) of core-collapse supernovae from the same 15 M{sub ☉} progenitor through 440 ms after core bounce. Both 3D and 2D models achieve explosions; however, the onset of explosion (shock revival) is delayed by ∼100 ms in 3D relative to the 2D counterpart and the growth of the diagnostic explosion energy is slower. This is consistent with previously reported 3D simulations utilizing iron-core progenitors with dense mantles. In the ∼100 ms before the onset of explosion, diagnostics of neutrino heating and turbulent kinetic energy favor earlier explosion in 2D. During the delay, the angular scale of convective plumes reaching the shock surface grows and explosion in 3D is ultimately lead by a single, large-angle plume, giving the expanding shock a directional orientation not dissimilar from those imposed by axial symmetry in 2D simulations. We posit that shock revival and explosion in the 3D simulation may be delayed until sufficiently large plumes form, whereas such plumes form more rapidly in 2D, permitting earlier explosions.
ISSN:2041-8205
2041-8213