Friday, December 9, 2011

1112.1913 (Bernhard Mueller et al.)

Core-Collapse Supernovae: Explosion Dynamics, Neutrinos and Gravitational Waves    [PDF]

Bernhard Mueller, Hans-Thomas Janka, Andreas Marek, Florian Hanke, Annop Wongwathanarat, Ewald Mueller
The quest for the supernova explosion mechanism has been one of the outstanding challenges in computational astrophysics for several decades. Simulations have now progressed to a stage at which the solution appears close and neutrino and gravitational wave signals from self-consistent explosion models are becoming available. Here we focus one of the recent advances in supernova modeling, the inclusion of general relativity in multi-dimensional neutrino hydrodynamics simulations, and present the latest simulation results for an 11.2 and a 15 solar mass progenitor. We also mention 3D effects as another aspect in supernova physics awaiting further, more thorough investigation.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.1913

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