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We used one-dimensional radiative-transport radiation hydrodynamical (RHD) simulations to investigate the formation of clumping in freely-expanding supernova ejecta due to the radioactive heating from the Ni56 -> Co56 -> Fe56 decay…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Chih-Yueh Wang

We present 3D general-relativistic neutrino-radiation hydrodynamics simulations of two asymmetric binary neutron star mergers producing long-lived neutron stars remnants and spanning a fraction of their cooling time scale. The mergers are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-28 Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Fabio Magistrelli , Maximilian Jacobi , Domenico Logoteta , Albino Perego , David Radice

We use relativistic hydrodynamic numerical calculations to study the interaction between a jet and a homologous outflow produced dynamically during binary neutron star mergers. We quantify how the thermal energy supplied by the jet to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-17 Paul C. Duffell , Eliot Quataert , Daniel Kasen , Hannah Klion

The ejected material at the binary neutron star merger GW 170817 was confirmed as a kilonova by UV, optical, and IR observations. This event provides a unique opportunity to investigate the particle acceleration at a mildly relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-31 Katsuaki Asano , Sho To

A two-dimensional special relativistic radiation-hydrodynamics code is developed and applied to numerical simulations of supernova shock breakout in bipolar explosions of a blue supergiant. Our calculations successfully simulate the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-13 Akihiro Suzuki , Keiichi Maeda , Toshikazu Shigeyama

The electromagnetic transients accompanying compact binary mergers ($\gamma$-ray bursts, afterglows and 'macronovae') are crucial to pinpoint the sky location of gravitational wave sources. Macronovae are caused by the radioactivity from…

Kilonovae, one source of electromagnetic emission associated with neutron star mergers, are powered by the decay of radioactive isotopes in the neutron-rich merger ejecta. Models for kilonova emission consistent with the electromagnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-06 M. Ristic , E. M. Holmbeck , R. Wollaeger , O. Korobkin , E. Champion , R. O'Shaughnessy , C. L. Fryer , C. J. Fontes , M. R. Mumpower , T. M. Sprouse

We perform new general relativistic hydrodynamics simulations for collapses of rotating supermassive star cores with an approximate nuclear burning up to carbon and a detailed equation of state. For all the models we investigate, the energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-22 Sho Fujibayashi , Cédric Jockel , Kyohei Kawaguchi , Yuichiro Sekiguchi , Masaru Shibata

Supernovae in binary star systems involve a hydrodynamical interaction between the ejecta and a binary companion. This collision results in shock heating and a modified density structure for the ejecta, both of which affect the light curve.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-29 Gabriel Kumar , Logan J. Prust , Lars Bildsten

The radioactive power generated by materials within the ejecta of a binary-neutron-star (BNS) merger powers an optical transient known as a kilonova. When the central remnant of a BNS merger is a long-lived magnetar, it continuously…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-22 Shunke Ai , He Gao , Bing Zhang

Shock breakout is the first electromagnetic signal from supernovae (SNe), which contains important information on the explosion energy and the size and chemical composition of the progenitor star. This paper presents the first…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-24 Wun-Yi Chen , Ke-Jung Chen , Masaomi Ono

Supernova (SN) blast waves inject energy and momentum into the interstellar medium (ISM), control its turbulent multiphase structure and the launching of galactic outflows. Accurate modelling of the blast wave evolution is therefore…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-25 Sebastian Haid , Stefanie Walch , Thorsten Naab , Daniel Seifried , Jonathan Mackey , Andrea Gatto

The expanding ejecta from a classical nova remains hot enough ($\sim10^{4}\, {\rm K}$) to be detected in thermal radio emission for up to years after the cessation of mass loss triggered by a thermonuclear instability on the underlying…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Timothy Cunningham , William M. Wolf , Lars Bildsten

Heavy elements like gold, platinum or uranium are produced in the r-process, which needs neutron-rich and explosive environments. Neutron star mergers are a promising candidate for an r-process site. They exhibit three different channels…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-28 Dirk Martin , Albino Perego , Almudena Arcones , Oleg Korobkin , Friedrich-Karl Thielemann

We present numerical results on three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic core-collapse simulations of an $11.2 M_{\odot}$ star. By comparing one-(1D) and two-dimensional(2D) results with those of 3D, we study how the increasing spacial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Tomoya Takiwaki , Kei Kotake , Yudai Suwa

The observations of a macronova/kilonova accompanied by gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger (GW170817) confirmed that neutron star coalescences produce copious ejecta. The coincident gamma-ray detection implies the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-29 Shigeo S. Kimura , Kohta Murase , Imre Bartos , Kunihito Ioka , Ik Siong Heng , Peter Mészáros

We carry out 3D-hydrodynamical calculations for the interaction of expanding supernova ejecta with the dense circumstellar matter (CSM) and the rarefied interstellar medium (ISM) outside. The CSM is composed of the stellar wind matter from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Takafumi Shimizu , Kuniaki Masai , Katsuji Koyama

In the standard supernova picture, type Ib/c and type II supernovae are powered by the potential energy released in the collapse of the core of a massive star. In studying supernovae, we primarily focus on the ejecta that makes it beyond…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Chris L. Fryer

We present 3D hydrodynamic simulations of neutrino-driven supernovae (SNe) with the PROMETHEUS-HOTB code, evolving the asymmetrically expanding ejecta from shock breakout until they reach the homologous expansion phase after roughly one…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 Michael Gabler , Annop Wongwathanarat , Hans-Thomas Janka

Within our Galaxy, supernova remnants are believed to be the major sources of cosmic rays up to the "knee". However important questions remain regarding the share of the hadronic and leptonic components, and the fraction of the supernova…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-13 Gilles Ferrand , Samar Safi-Harb