Core-collapse supernova explosion theory

A Burrows, D Vartanyan - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Most supernova explosions accompany the death of a massive star. These explosions give
birth to neutron stars and black holes, and eject solar masses of heavy elements. However …

The overarching framework of core-collapse supernova explosions as revealed by 3D fornax simulations

A Burrows, D Radice, D Vartanyan… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We have conducted 19 state-of-the-art 3D core-collapse supernova simulations spanning a
broad range of progenitor masses. This is the largest collection of sophisticated 3D …

JWST observations of dust reservoirs in type IIP supernovae 2004et and 2017eaw

M Shahbandeh, A Sarangi, T Temim… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Supernova (SN) explosions have been sought for decades as a possible source of dust in
the Universe, providing the seeds of galaxies, stars, and planetary systems. SN 1987A offers …

The electron-capture origin of supernova 2018zd

D Hiramatsu, DA Howell, SD Van Dyk, JA Goldberg… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In the transitional mass range (~ 8–10 solar masses) between white dwarf formation and
iron core-collapse supernovae, stars are expected to produce an electron-capture …

Numerical simulations of convective three-dimensional red supergiant envelopes

JA Goldberg, YF Jiang, L Bildsten - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We explore the three-dimensional properties of convective, luminous (L≈ 10 4.5–10 5 L⊙),
hydrogen-rich envelopes of red supergiants (RSGs) based on radiation hydrodynamic …

Type II supernovae from the Carnegie Supernova Project-I-II. Physical parameter distributions from hydrodynamical modelling

L Martinez, MC Bersten, JP Anderson… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Linking supernovae to their progenitors is a powerful method for furthering our
understanding of the physical origin of their observed differences while at the same time …

Type II supernovae from the Carnegie Supernova Project-II. Bolometric light curves of 74 SNe II using uBgVriYJH photometry

L Martinez, MC Bersten, JP Anderson… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
The present study is the first of a series of three papers where we characterise the type II
supernovae (SNe II) from the Carnegie Supernova Project-I to understand their diversity in …

The value of progenitor radius measurements for explosion modeling of type II-plateau supernovae

JA Goldberg, L Bildsten - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Using Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA)+ STELLA, we show
that very different physical models can adequately reproduce a specific observed Type II …

Effect of binary evolution on the inferred initial and final core masses of hydrogen-rich, Type II supernova progenitors

E Zapartas, SE de Mink, S Justham, N Smith… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
The majority of massive stars, which are the progenitors of core-collapse supernovae (SNe),
are found in close binary systems. In a previous work, we modeled the fraction of hydrogen …

Bridging the gap between intermediate and massive stars II: Mmas for the most metal-rich stars and implications for Fe CCSNe rates

GC Cinquegrana, M Joyce… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The minimum initial mass required for a star to explode as an Fe core collapse supernova,
typically denoted M mas, is an important quantity in stellar evolution because it defines the …