Post-explosion evolution of core-collapse supernovae

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Witt, M, Psaltis, A, Yasin, H, Horn, C, Reichert, M, Kuroda, T, Obergaulinger, M, Couch, S M, Arcones, A
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 01.07.2021
• Subjects: Collapse; Deposition; Explosions; Initial conditions; Neutrinos; Nuclear fusion; Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Physics - Nuclear Theory; Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Rotation; Simulation; Stellar evolution; Supernovae
• ISSN: 2331-8422
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2107.00687

We investigate the post-explosion phase in core-collapse supernovae with 2D hydrodynamical simulations and a simple neutrino treatment. The latter allows us to perform 46 simulations and follow the evolution of the 32 successful explosions during several seconds. We present a broad study based on three progenitors (11.2 \(M_\odot\), 15 \(M_\odot\), and 27 \(M_\odot\)), different neutrino-heating efficiencies, and various rotation rates. We show that the first seconds after shock revival determine the final explosion energy, remnant mass, and properties of ejected matter. Our results suggest that a continued mass accretion increases the explosion energy even at late times. We link the late-time mass accretion to initial conditions such as rotation strength and shock deformation at explosion time. Only some of our simulations develop a neutrino-driven wind that survives for several seconds. This indicates that neutrino-driven winds are not a standard feature expected after every successful explosion. Even if our neutrino treatment is simple, we estimate the nucleosynthesis of the exploding models for the 15 \(M_\odot\) progenitor after correcting the neutrino energies and luminosities to get a more realistic electron fraction.