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We present our numerical results of two-dimensional hydrodynamic (HD) simulations and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the collapse of rotating massive stars in light of the collapsar model of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Pushed by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-21 Seiji Harikae , Tomoya Takiwaki , Kei Kotake

The collapsar model explains the association of long duration gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) with stellar collapse. It involves a relativistic jet that forms at the core of a collapsing massive star. The jet penetrates the stellar envelope and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Omer Bromberg , Jonathan Granot , Yuri Lyubarsky , Tsvi Piran

Relativistic jets from a Kerr black hole (BH) following the core collapse of a massive star ("collapsar") is a leading model for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). However, the two key ingredients for a Blandford-Znajek powered jet $-$ rapid rotation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-22 Ore Gottlieb , Mathieu Renzo , Brian D. Metzger , Jared A. Goldberg , Matteo Cantiello

Long Gamma-Ray Bursts (LGRBs) are often associated with the collapse of stripped-envelope massive stars. Powerful relativistic jets drill through the stellar envelope before the gamma emission. Previous hydrodynamical studies imposed jets…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-19 Gerardo Urrutia , Agnieszka Janiuk , Hector Olivares

Progenitors of long GRBs, and core-collapse supernovae in general, may have two separate mechanisms driving the outflows: quasi-isotropic neutrino-driven supernova explosions followed by a highly collimated relativistic outflow driven by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Maxim Lyutikov

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are powered by relativistic jets that exhibit intermittency over a broad range of timescales - from $ \sim $ ms to seconds. Previous numerical studies have shown that hydrodynamic (i.e., unmagnetized) jets that are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-28 Ore Gottlieb , Omer Bromberg , Amir Levinson , Ehud Nakar

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) require an engine capable of driving a jet of plasma to ultrarelativistic bulk Lorentz factors of up to several hundred and into narrow opening angles of a few degrees. We use global axisymmetric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-29 Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Jonathan C. McKinney , Ramesh Narayan

Relativistic jets naturally occur in astrophysical systems that involve accretion onto compact objects, such as core collapse of massive stars in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and accretion onto supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-27 Omer Bromberg , Alexander Tchekhovskoy

We study the collimation of a highly magnetized jet by a surrounding cocoon that forms as a result of the interaction of the jet with the external medium. We show that in regions where the jet is well confined by the cocoon, current-driven…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Amir Levinson , Mitchell C. Begelman

We present 2D results of simulations of the magnetorotational core collapsed supernova. For the first time we obtain strong explosion for the core collapsed supernova. In 2D approximation we show that amplification of the toroidal magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. G. Moiseenko , G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan , N. V. Ardeljan

We discuss results of 2D simulations of magnetorotational(MR) mechanism of core collapse supernova explosions. Due to the nonuniform collapse the collapsed core rotates differentially. In the presence of initial poloidal magnetic field its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 S. G. Moiseenko , G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan

We investigate impacts of stellar rotation and magnetic fields on black hole (BH) formation and its subsequent explosive activities, by conducting axisymmetric radiation-magnetohydrodynamics simulations of gravitational collapse of a 70…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-24 Takami Kuroda , Masaru Shibata

Core-collapse supernovae are connected with formation of neutron stars. Part of the gravitation energy is transformed into the energy of the explosion, observed in SN II, SN Ib,c type supernovae. The mechanism of transformation is not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan , S. G. Moiseenko , N. V. Ardeljan

In contrast to regular core-collapse supernovae, explosions of rapidly rotating massive stars can develop jets, fast collimated outflows directed along the rotational axis. Depending on the rate of rotation and the magnetic field strength…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-23 M. Obergaulinger , M. Reichert

We present a relativistic-MHD numerical study of axisymmetric, magnetically driven jets with parameters applicable to gamma-ray burst (GRB) flows. We also present analytic expressions for the asymptotic jet shape and other flow parameters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Serguei Komissarov , Nektarios Vlahakis , Arieh Konigl , Maxim Barkov

We consider a model in which the ultra-relativistic jet in a gamma-ray burst (GRB) is cold and magnetically accelerated. We assume that the energy flux in the outflowing material is partially thermalized via internal shocks or a reverse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Ramesh Narayan , Pawan Kumar , Alexander Tchekhovskoy

Strongly-magnetized, rapidly-rotating neutron stars are contenders for the central engines of both long-duration gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) and hydrogen-poor super-luminous supernovae (SLSNe-I). Models for typical (~minute long) LGRBs invoke…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-09 Brian D. Metzger , Ben Margalit , Daniel Kasen , Eliot Quataert

The nature of the gamma-ray burst (GRB) central engine still remains an enigma. Entities widely believed to be capable of powering the extreme jets are magnetars and black holes. The maximum rotational energy that is available in a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-11 Vidushi Sharma , Shabnam Iyyani , Dipankar Bhattacharya

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are bright extragalactic flashes of gamma-ray radiation and briefly the most energetic explosions in the Universe. Their catastrophic origin (the merger of compact objects or the collapse of massive stars) drives the…

We have performed 2.5-dimensional general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the gravitational collapse of a magnetized rotating massive star as a model of gamma ray bursts (GRBs). The current calculation focuses on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yosuke Mizuno , Shoichi Yamada , Shinji Koide , Kazunari Shibata