Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae
Abstract
Massive stars have a strong impact on their surroundings, in particular when they produce a core-collapse supernova at the end of their evolution. In these proceedings, we review the general evolution of massive stars and their properties at collapse as well as the transition between massive and intermediate-mass stars. We also summarise the effects of metallicity and rotation. We then discuss some of the major uncertainties in the modelling of massive stars, with a particular emphasis on the treatment of convection in 1D stellar evolution codes. Finally, we present new 3D hydrodynamic simulations of convection in carbon burning and list key points to take from 3D hydrodynamic studies for the development of new prescriptions for convective boundary mixing in 1D stellar evolution codes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1802.07503,
title = {Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae},
author = {Raphael Hirschi and David Arnett and Andrea Cristini and Cyril Georgy and Casey Meakin and Ian Walkington},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.07503},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
10 pages, 5 figures, "SN 1987A, 30 years later", Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 331, 2017; A. Marcowith, G. Dubner, A. Ray, A. Bykov, & M. Renaud, eds