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We investigate in this paper the core-collapse supernova explosion mechanism in both one and two dimensions. We verify the usefulness of neutrino-driven overturn (``convection'') between the shock and the neutrinosphere in igniting the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Adam Burrows , John Hayes , Bruce Fryxell

The discovery of early bumps in some type-I superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I) before the main peaks offers an important clue to their energy source mechanisms. In this paper, we updated an analytic magnetar-powered model for fitting the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-05 Liang-Duan Liu , He Gao , Xiao-Feng Wang , Sheng Yang

Failed supernovae (SNe), which are likely the main channel for forming stellar-mass black holes, are predicted to accompany mass ejections much weaker than typical core-collapse SNe. We conduct a grid of one-dimensional radiation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-11 Daichi Tsuna , Xiaoshan Huang , Jim Fuller , Anthony L. Piro

Cosmic explosions play a critical role in a broad range of astrophysical fields. Although considerable progress has been made to understand the explosive engines and their progenitors, many of the details are not well understood. One of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-03 Chris L. Fryer , Eric Burns , Joseph M. Colosimo , Michela Negro , Brendan O'Connor

Two main physical mechanisms are used to explain supernova explosions: thermonuclear explosion of a white dwarf(Type Ia) and core collapse of a massive star (Type II and Type Ib/Ic). Type Ia supernovae serve as distance indicators that led…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-21 Lingzhi Wang , Xiaohong Cui , Hui Zhu , Wenwu Tian , Xiaofeng Wang

Supernovae (SNe) that show evidence of strong shock interaction between their ejecta and pre-existing, slower circumstellar material (CSM) constitute an interesting, diverse, and still poorly understood category of explosive transients. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-25 Nathan Smith

Superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) radiate $\gtrsim 10-100$ times more energy than ordinary stellar explosions, implicating a novel power source behind these enigmatic events. One frequently discussed source, particularly for hydrogen-poor…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-01 Ore Gottlieb , Brian D. Metzger

We show that a collisionless shock necessarily forms during the shock breakout of a supernova (SN) surrounded by an optically thick wind. An intense non-thermal flash of <~ MeV gamma rays, hard X-rays and multi-TeV neutrinos is produced…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-06-13 Boaz Katz , Nir Sapir , Eli Waxman

Supernova remnants are known to accelerate cosmic-rays from the detection of non-thermal emission in radio waves, X-rays, and gamma-rays. However, the ability to accelerate cosmic-rays up to PeV energies has yet to be demonstrated. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-24 Robert Brose , Iurii Sushch , Jonathan Mackey

We propose a theoretical explanation of absorption/emission line systems in classical novae based on a fully self-consistent nova explosion model. We found that a reverse shock is formed far outside the photosphere ($\gtrsim 10^{13}$ cm)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-30 Izumi Hachisu , Mariko Kato

With myriads of detection events from a prospective Galactic core-collapse supernova, current and future neutrino detectors will be able to sample detailed, time-dependent neutrino fluxes and spectra. This offers enormous possibilities for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-04 B. Müller

The shape of the light curve peak of radioactive--powered core--collapse "stripped--envelope" supernovae constrains the ejecta mass, nickel mass, and kinetic energy by the brightness and diffusion time for a given opacity and observed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 J. Craig Wheeler , V. Johnson , A. Clocchiatti

A popular model for Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is the detonation of a CO white dwarf (WD) that is triggered by the prior detonation of a thin surface layer of helium, known as a double detonation (DD). We explore the unique early…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-22 Anthony L. Piro , Ehud Nakar

The interaction between the ejecta of supernovae (SNe) of Type IIn and a dense circumstellar medium (CSM) can efficiently generate thermal UV/optical radiation and lead to the emission of neutrinos in the $1$-$10^{3}$~TeV range. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-02 Tetyana Pitik , Irene Tamborra , Massimiliano Lincetto , Anna Franckowiak

We investigate the consequences of fairly normal Type Ia supernovae being embedded in compact and dense envelopes of carbon and oxygen rich circumstellar material by means of detailed radiation hydrodynamic simulations. Our main focus rests…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-24 U. M. Noebauer , S. Taubenberger , S. Blinnikov , E. Sorokina , W. Hillebrandt

Context. Supernova remnants (SNRs) are thought to be the main source of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) up to the "knee" in CR spectrum. During the evolution of a SNR, the bulk of the CRs are confined inside the SNR shell. The highest-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 I. Telezhinsky , V. V. Dwarkadas , M. Pohl

We present advances in modeling Type IIP supernovae using MESA for evolution to shock breakout coupled with STELLA for generating light and radial velocity curves. Explosion models and synthetic light curves can be used to translate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-27 Jared A. Goldberg , Lars Bildsten , Bill Paxton

We numerically study fast Newtonian radiation mediated shocks (RMS - v/c~0.2) in two simplified problems in the context of supernova shock breakout; (1) An RMS traveling in a uniform medium, and (2) an RMS escaping a powerlaw density…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-14 Jonathan Morag

Massive stars (>8 $M_{\odot}$) often undergo intense mass loss through winds or eruptive events in the final stages of their evolution, leading to the formation of a dense circumstellar medium (CSM). This material, expelled months to years…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-15 Silvia Gagliardini , Simone Dall'Osso , Dafne Guetta , Angela Zegarelli , Silvia Celli , Antonio Capone , Irene Di Palma

Type IIn supernovae (SNe), a rare subclass of core collapse SNe, explode in dense circumstellar media that have been modified by the SNe progenitors at their last evolutionary stages. The interaction of the freely expanding SN ejecta with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-18 Maria Petropoulou , Stefan Coenders , Georgios Vasilopoulos , Atish Kamble , Lorenzo Sironi