Core-Collapse Supernovae from 9 to 120 Solar Masses Based on Neutrino-powered Explosions

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Nucleosynthesis, light curves, explosion energies, and remnant masses are calculated for a grid of supernovae resulting from massive stars with solar metallicity and masses from 9.0 to 120 solar masses.

• The full evolution is followed using an adaptive reaction network of up to 2000 nuclei.
• A novel aspect of the survey is the use of a one-dimensional neutrino transport model for the explosion.
• This explosion model has been calibrated to give the observed energy for SN 1987A, using several standard progenitors, and for the Crab supernova using a 9.6 solar mass progenitor.