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Understanding Convection in the Core-Collapse Supernovae Engine

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Understanding the nature of the standard engine behind core-collapse supernovae (SNe) has been an active area of research for over 60 yr pushing the limits of computational science. Driven by observations, scientists have developed and refined a model that not only explains existing observations but made predictions that have since been validated by subsequent data. Turbulent-driven convection plays a key role in this explosive engine and producing quantitatively accurate supernova models requires understanding this convection. Here, we review the convective-engine and discuss improved methods to study this convection to solve the supernova problem.

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  1. As the supernova blasts through the circumstellar medium, it slows down, producing a reverse shock that runs back through the supernova ejecta, reheating it. This heating leads causes the remnant to light up and this is what we observe.

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This work was supported by the US Department of Energy through the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Los Alamos National Laboratory is operated by Triad National Security, LLC, for the National Nuclear Security Administration of U.S. Department of Energy (Contract no. 89233218CNA000001).

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  1. Center for Theoretical Astrophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 87545, Los Alamos, NM, USA

    C. L. Fryer

  2. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, 95064, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

    P. Karpov

  3. CCS-2, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 87545, Los Alamos, NM, USA

    D. Livescu

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Paper presented at the Fourth Zeldovich meeting, an international conference in honor of Ya.B. Zeldovich held in Minsk, Belarus, on September 7–11, 2020. Published by the recommendation of the special editors: S.Ya. Kilin, R. Ruffini, and G.V. Vereshchagin.

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Fryer, C.L., Karpov, P. & Livescu, D. Understanding Convection in the Core-Collapse Supernovae Engine. Astron. Rep. 65, 937–941 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772921100103

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