On the explosion engine of supernovae driven by a hadron-quark phase transition

A hadron-quark phase transition (PT) may trigger supernova explosions during stellar core collapse. However, both success and failure have occurred in previous attempts to explode dying stars via this mechanism. We systematically explore the outcomes of the PT-induced collapse of proto-compact stars...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-09
Main Authors: Xu-Run Huang, Zha, Shuai, Ming-chung, Chu, O'Connor, Evan P, Lie-Wen, Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Black holes
Collapse
Energy gap
Equations of state
Explosions
Parameter identification
Phase diagrams
Phase transitions
Quarks
Stellar cores
Supernovae
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Summary:A hadron-quark phase transition (PT) may trigger supernova explosions during stellar core collapse. However, both success and failure have occurred in previous attempts to explode dying stars via this mechanism. We systematically explore the outcomes of the PT-induced collapse of proto-compact stars (PCSs), with spherically symmetric general relativistic hydrodynamic simulations and a controlled series of hybrid equations of state. Our results reveal the dependence of successful and failed explosions on the PT and quark matter characteristics. A small portion (\(\sim\!0.04\%\!-\!1\%\)) of the released binding energy \(\Delta E_B\) transforms into the diagnostic explosion energy \(E_{\rm exp,diag}\), which saturates at \(\sim\!6\times10^{51}\,\rm{erg}\) near the black hole formation. We draw the phase diagrams for the possible fates of supernova explosions driven by hadron-quark PTs, where the control parameters are the onset density, energy gap of the PT, and the quark matter speed of sound. Our findings can be used to guide further investigations on PT-driven core-collapse supernovae and help identify hadron-quark PT-induced PCS collapse from future observations.
ISSN:2331-8422