Gravitational Waves from Core Collapse Supernovae
Abstract
We present the gravitational wave signatures for a suite of axisymmetric core collapse supernova models with progenitors masses between 12 and 25 solar masses. These models are distinguished by the fact they explode and contain essential physics (in particular, multi-frequency neutrino transport and general relativity) needed for a more realistic description. Thus, we are able to compute complete waveforms (i.e., through explosion) based on non-parameterized, first-principles models. This is essential if the waveform amplitudes and time scales are to be computed more precisely. Fourier decomposition shows that the gravitational wave signals we predict should be observable by AdvLIGO across the range of progenitors considered here. The fundamental limitation of these models is in their imposition of axisymmetry. Further progress will require counterpart three-dimensional models.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1005.0779,
title = {Gravitational Waves from Core Collapse Supernovae},
author = {Konstantin N Yakunin and Pedro Marronetti and Anthony Mezzacappa and Stephen W Bruenn and Ching-Tsai Lee and Merek A Chertkow and W Raphael Hix and John M Blondin and Eric J Lentz and O E Bronson Messer and Shin'ichirou Yoshida},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.0779},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
10 pages, 5 figures