High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Simulations of Core-Collapse Supernovae in Multiple Progenitors

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Three-dimensional simulations of core-collapse supernovae are granting new insight into the as-yet uncertain mechanism that drives successful explosions.

• While there is still debate about whether explosions are obtained more easily in 3D than in 2D, it is undeniable that there exist qualitative and quantitative differences between the results of 3D and 2D simulations.
• We present an extensive set of high-resolution one-, two-, and three-dimensional core-collapse supernova simulations with multispecies neutrino leakage carried out in two different progenitors.
• Our simulations confirm the results of Couch (2013) indicating that 2D explodes more readily than 3D.