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We present an open-source update to the spherically-symmetric, general-relativistic hydrodynamics, core-collapse supernova (CCSN) code GR1D (O'Connor & Ott, 2010, CQG, 27, 114103). The source code is available at http://www.GR1Dcode.org. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-05 Evan O'Connor

Despite the three-dimensional nature of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe), simulations in spherical symmetry (1D) play an important role to study large model sets for the progenitor-remnant connection, explosion properties, remnant masses,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-27 Liliya Imasheva , H. -Thomas Janka , Achim Weiss

Core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) offer extremely valuable insights into the dynamics of galaxies. Neutrino time profiles from CCSNe, in particular, could reveal unique details about collapsing stars and particle behavior in dense…

The explosion of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) is an extremely challenging problem, and there are still large uncertainties regarding which stars lead to successful explosions that leave behind a neutron star, and which ones will form a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-30 Luca Boccioli , Giacomo Fragione

Core-collapse supernovae are among Nature's most energetic events. They mark the end of massive star evolution and pollute the interstellar medium with the life-enabling ashes of thermonuclear burning. Despite their importance for the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 C. D. Ott , E. Schnetter , A. Burrows , E. Livne , E. O'Connor , F. Loeffler

We investigate explosive nuclear burning in core collapse supernovae by coupling a tracer particle method to one and two-dimensional Eulerian hydrodynamic calculations. Adopting the most recent experimental and theoretical nuclear data, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Travaglio , K. Kifonidis , E. Mueller

Using the new state-of-the-art core-collapse supernova (CCSN) code F{\sc{ornax}}, we have simulated the three-dimensional dynamical evolution of the cores of 9-, 10-, 11-, 12-, and 13-M$_{\odot}$ stars from the onset of collapse. Stars from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-15 Adam Burrows , David Radice , David Vartanyan

Recent studies have highlighted the sensitivity of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) models to electron-capture (EC) rates on neutron-rich nuclei near the N=50 closed-shell region. In this work, we perform a large suite of one-dimensional…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-15 Zac Johnston , Sheldon Wasik , Rachel Titus , MacKenzie L. Warren , Evan P. O'Connor , Remco Zegers , Sean M. Couch

We investigate the properties, composition, and dynamics of dust formation and growth for a diverse set of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe), varying the progenitor mass, explosion energy, and engine type. These explosions are evolved with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-01 Ezra S. Brooker , Sarah M. Stangl , Christopher M. Mauney , Christopher L. Fryer

Numerical studies of core-collapse supernovae have demonstrated the importance of non-radial motions in pre-collapse progenitors on the explosion outcome. We use the CHIMERA neutrino radiation hydrodynamics code running seven…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-14 Chien-Hui Chen , Eric J. Lentz , W. Raphael Hix , J. Austin Harris , Chloe Keeling Sandoval , Stephen W. Bruenn

Core collapse supernova modeling has advanced considerably since the first numerical simulations were performed sixty years ago. In particular, the last decade has brought us sophisticated three-dimensional models with significant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-29 Anthony Mezzacappa

Simulations of nucleosynthesis in astrophysical environments are at the intersection of nuclear physics reaction rate research and astrophysical applications, for example in the area of galactic chemical evolution or near-field cosmology.…

Extensive calculations of properties of supernova matter are presented, using the extended Nuclear Statistical Equilibrium model of PRC92 055803 (2015) based on a statistical distribution of Wigner-Seitz cells modeled using realistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-03-04 Ad. R. Raduta , F. Gulminelli

Supernovae (SNe) come in various flavors and are classified into different types based on emission and absorption lines in their spectra. SN candidates are now abundant with the advent of large systematic sky surveys like the Zwicky…

The core-collapse supernova (CCSN) mechanism is fundamentally three-dimensional with instabilities, convection, and turbulence playing crucial roles in aiding neutrino-driven explosions. Simulations of CCNSe including accurate treatments of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-26 Sean M. Couch , MacKenzie L. Warren , Evan P. O'Connor

We present self-consistent, axisymmetric core-collapse supernova simulations performed with the Prometheus-Vertex code for 18 pre-supernova models in the range of 11-28 solar masses, including progenitors recently investigated by other…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-06 Alexander Summa , Florian Hanke , Hans-Thomas Janka , Tobias Melson , Andreas Marek , Bernhard Müller

A large fraction of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe), 30-50%, are expected to originate from the low-mass end of progenitors with $M_{\rm ZAMS}~= 8-12~M_\odot$. However, degeneracy effects make stellar evolution modelling of such stars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-24 A. Jerkstrand , T. Ertl , H. -T. Janka , E. Müller , T. Sukhbold , S. E. Woosley

Advances in our understanding and the modeling of stellar core-collapse and supernova explosions over the past 15 years are reviewed, concentrating on the evolution of hydrodynamical simulations, the description of weak interactions and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 H. -Th. Janka , K. Langanke , A. Marek , G. Martinez-Pinedo , B. Mueller

We present results of 2D axisymmetric core-collapse supernova simulations, employing the FORNAX code, of nine progenitor models spanning 12 to 25 M$_{\odot}$ and evolved over a 20,000-km grid. We find that four of the nine models explode…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-30 David Vartanyan , Adam Burrows , David Radice , M. Aaron Skinner , Joshua Dolence

We perform a comparative analysis of nucleosynthesis yields from binary neutron star (BNS) mergers, black hole-neutron star (BHNS) mergers, and core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) with the goal of determining which are the most dominant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-30 Nick Ekanger , Mukul Bhattacharya , Shunsaku Horiuchi