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The mechanism(s) of core-collapse supernovae

Sean M. Couch
Published 18 September 2017.DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2016.0271
Sean M. Couch
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, 567 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Abstract

Core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) are the explosions that attend the deaths of massive stars. Despite decades of research, several aspects of the mechanism that drives these explosions remain uncertain and the subjects of continued investigation. In this short review, I will give an overview of the CCSN mechanism and current research in the field. In particular, I will focus on recent results from three-dimensional simulations and the impact of turbulence and detailed non-spherical progenitor structure on CCSNe. This contribution is based on a talk given at the ‘Bridging the Gap’ workshop at Chicheley Hall on 2 June 2016.

This article is part of the themed issue ‘Bridging the gap: from massive stars to supernovae’.

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  • One contribution of 9 to a Theo Murphy meeting issue ‘Bridging the gap: from massive stars to supernovae’.

  • Accepted August 1, 2017.
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28 October 2017
Volume 375, issue 2105
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, 				Physical and Engineering Sciences: 375 (2105)
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Theo Murphy meeting issue ‘Bridging the gap: from massive stars to supernovae’ compiled and edited by Justyn R. Maund, Paul Crowther, H. Thomas Janka and Norbert Langer

Keywords

supernovae
massive stars
neutrinos
hydrodynamics
numerical simulation
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The mechanism(s) of core-collapse supernovae

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