Hydrodynamics of core-collapse supernovae and their progenitors

Understand

Multi-dimensional fluid flow plays a paramount role in the explosions of massive stars as core-collapse supernovae.

• In recent years, three-dimensional (3D) simulations of these phenomena have matured significantly.
• Considerable progress has been made towards identifying the ingredients for shock revival by the neutrino-driven mechanism, and successful explosions have already been obtained in a number of self-consistent 3D models.
• These advances also bring new challenges, however.