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Massive stars that end their lives with helium cores in the range of 35 to 65 Msun are known to produce repeated thermonuclear outbursts due to a recurring pair-instability. In some of these events, solar masses of material are ejected in…

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Magnetar-powered supernova explosions are competitive models for explaining very luminous optical transits. However, these explosion models were mainly calculated in 1D. Radiation emitted from the magnetar snowplows into the previous…

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We have developed a phenomenological turbulent model with one-dimensional (1D) simulation based on Reynolds decomposition. Using this method, we have systematically studied models with different effects of compression, mixing length…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-24 Shunsuke Sasaki , Tomoya Takiwaki

Flame instabilities play a dominant role in accelerating the burning front to a large fraction of the speed of sound in a Type Ia supernova. We present a three-dimensional numerical simulation of a Rayleigh-Taylor unstable carbon flame,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Zingale , S. E. Woosley , C. A. Rendleman , M. S. Day , J. B. Bell

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are believed to be the major contributors to Galactic cosmic rays. The detection of non-thermal emission from SNRs demonstrates the presence of energetic particles, but direct signatures of protons and other ions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Gilles Ferrand , Anne Decourchelle , Samar Safi-Harb

One of the outstanding mysteries surrounding the rich diversity found in supernova remnants (SNRs) is the recent discovery of over-ionized or recombining plasma from a number of dynamically evolved objects. To help decipher its formation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-26 Miho Katsuragawa , Shiu-Hang Lee , Hirokazu Odaka , Aya Bamba , Hideaki Matsumura , Tadayuki Takahashi

Recent developments in multi-dimensional simulations of core-collapse supernovae have considerably improved our understanding of this complex phenomenon. In addition to that, one-dimensional (1D) studies have been employed to study the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-25 Luca Boccioli , Lorenzo Roberti

Two-dimensional simulations of a Type II and a Type Ib-like supernova explosion are presented that encompass shock revival by neutrino heating, neutrino-driven convection, explosive nucleosynthesis, the growth of Rayleigh-Taylor…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 K. Kifonidis , T. Plewa , H. -Th. Janka , E. Mueller

I review several topics in the structure of supernova remnants. Hydrodynamic instabilities in young remnants may give rise to the cellular structure that is sometimes observed, although structure in the ejecta might also play a role. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Roger A. Chevalier

(abridged) We study the hydrodynamic evolution of a non-spherical core-collapse supernova in two spatial dimensions. We find that our model displays a strong tendency to expand toward the pole. We demonstrate that this expansion is a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-18 A. Gawryszczak , J. Guzman , T. Plewa , K. Kifonidis

We review the major advances in understanding the morphologies and kinematics of supernova remnants (SNRs). Simulations of SN explosions have improved dramatically over the last few years, and SNRs can be used to test models through…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-11 Laura A. Lopez , Robert A. Fesen

Rayleigh-Taylor (R-T) instabilities in the explosion of SN 1993J are investigated by means of two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations. It is found that the extent of mixing is sensitive to the progenitor's core mass and the envelope…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 K. Iwamoto , T. R. Young , N. Nakasato , T. Shigeyama , K. Nomoto , I. Hachisu , H. Saio

Here we present the results from two sets of simulations, in two and three spatial dimensions. In two dimensions, the simulations include multifrequency flux-limited diffusion neutrino transport in the "ray-by-ray-plus" approximation,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Mezzacappa , S. W. Bruenn , J. M. Blondin , W. R. Hix , O. E. B. Messer

The results of recent multi-dimensional simulations of type-II supernovae are reviewed. They show that convective instabilities in the collapsed stellar core might play an important role already during the first second after the formation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. -Thomas Janka

New two-dimensional, high-resolution calculations of a core collapse supernova in a 15 Msol blue supergiant are presented, which cover the entire evolution from shock revival until the first few hours of the explosion. Explosive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Kifonidis , T. Plewa , H. -Th. Janka , E. Mueller

The sources of turbulence in our Galaxy may be diverse, but core-collapse supernovae (SNe) alone provide enough energy to sustain a steady-state galactic turbulence cascade at the observed velocity dispersion. By localizing and analyzing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-01 James R. Beattie

A number of applications utilise the energy focussing potential of imploding shells to dynamically compress matter or magnetic fields, including magnetised target fusion schemes. This paper examines the effect of fluid rotation on the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-04-29 Justin Huneault , David Plant , Andrew Higgins

The processes controlling the complex clump structure, phase distribution, and magnetic field geometry that develops across a broad range of scales in the turbulent interstellar medium remains unclear. Using unprecedentedly high resolution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-01 Drummond B. Fielding , Bart Ripperda , Alexander A. Philippov

Core-collapse supernova remnants are the gaseous nebulae of galactic interstellar media (ISM) formed after the explosive death of massive stars. Their morphology and emission properties depend both on the surrounding circumstellar structure…

We use two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations to investigate the properties of dense ejecta clumps (bullets) in a core collapse supernova remnant, motivated by the observation of protrusions probably caused by clumps in the Vela…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Chih-Yueh Wang , Roger A. Chevalier