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Gravitational Waves from Core-Collapse Supernovae

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We summarize the theoretical predictions of gravitational waves (GWs) in stellar core-collapse and core-collapse supernova evolution. Following a brief introduction to overview how scientifically significant the successful detection of GWs could be, we give a concise summary of the essential GW features mostly based on a back-of-the-envelope estimation. If the gravitational collapse of stellar cores and the subsequent explosion hydrodynamics occur in a perfectly spherically symmetric manner, no GWs can be emitted. Therefore, what makes the dynamics of the central engine deviate from spherical symmetry is essential for determining the physics of the GW emission processes. Among the candidates, we mainly focus on the best-studied GW signal that is emitted near core bounce in rapidly rotating core-collapse. After bounce, multiple emission processes have been proposed thus far. These postbounce GWs, if observed, are also expected to provide smoking-gun information for unraveling the yet uncertain explosion mechanisms. We finally conclude with the most urgent tasks to prepare for the GW astronomy of core-collapse supernovae.

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Acknowledgements

We are thankful to stimulating discussions with K. Hayama, T. Takiwaki, K. Nakamura, S. Horiuchi, Y. Suwa, and M. Tanaka. KK acknowledges discussions with E. Müller and H.T. Janka and their kind hospitality during his stay at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik in March 2016. TK thanks F.-K. Thielemann for enlightening discussions and continuous support. This study was supported in part by the Grants-in-Aid for the Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan (Nos. 24103006, 24244036, 26707013, and 26870823), HPCI Strategic Program of Japanese MEXT, and by the European Research Council (ERC;FP7) under ERC Advanced Grant Agreement N∘ 321263 - FISH.

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  1. Department of Applied Physics, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1, Jonan, Nanakuma, 814-0180, Fukuoka, Japan

    Kei Kotake

  2. Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, 4056, Basel, Switzerland

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Kotake, K., Kuroda, T. (2016). Gravitational Waves from Core-Collapse Supernovae. In: Alsabti, A., Murdin, P. (eds) Handbook of Supernovae. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20794-0_9-1

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