Simulations of the Magneto-rotational Instability in Core-Collapse Supernovae
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2009-11-18 v1
Abstract
We assess the importance of the magneto-rotational instability in core-collapse supernovae by an analysis of the growth rates of unstable modes in typical post-collapse systems and by numerical simulations of simplified models. The interplay of differential rotation and thermal stratification defines different instability regimes which we confirm in our simulations. We investigate the termination of the growth of the MRI by parasitic instabilities, establish scaling laws characterising the termination amplitude, and study the long-term evolution of the saturated turbulent state.
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@article{arxiv.0911.3222,
title = {Simulations of the Magneto-rotational Instability in Core-Collapse Supernovae},
author = {M. Obergaulinger and P. Cerdà-Duràn and E. Müller and M. A. Aloy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.3222},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 1 figure. To appear in Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (Chamonix 2009)