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Magnetorotationally driven Supernovae as the origin of early galaxy $r$-process elements?

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2012-04-17 v2

Abstract

We examine magnetorotationally driven supernovae as sources of rr-process elements in the early Galaxy. On the basis of thermodynamic histories of tracer particles from a three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical core-collapse supernova model with approximated neutrino transport, we perform nucleosynthesis calculations with and without considering the effects of neutrino absorption reactions on the electron fraction (YeY_{e}) during post-processing. We find that the peak distribution of YeY_{e} in the ejecta is shifted from 0.15\sim0.15 to 0.17\sim0.17 and broadened toward higher YeY_{e} due to neutrino absorption. Nevertheless, in both cases the second and third peaks of the solar rr-process element distribution can be well reproduced. The rare progenitor configuration that was used here, characterized by a high rotation rate and a large magnetic field necessary for the formation of bipolar jets, could naturally provide a site for the strong rr-process in agreement with observations of the early galactic chemical evolution.

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@article{arxiv.1203.0616,
  title  = {Magnetorotationally driven Supernovae as the origin of early galaxy $r$-process elements?},
  author = {Christian Winteler and Roger Kaeppeli and Albino Perego and Almudena Arcones and Nicolas Vasset and Nobuya Nishimura and Matthias Liebendoerfer and Friedrich-Karl Thielemann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.0616},
  year   = {2012}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures