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Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, astro-ph.HE
Abstract:
We report on a set of long-term general-relativistic three-dimensional (3D)
multi-group (energy-dependent) neutrino-radiation hydrodynamics simulations of
core-collapse supernovae. We employ a full 3D two-moment scheme with the local
M1 closure, three neutrino species, and 12 energy groups per species. With
this, we follow the post-core-bounce evolution of the core of a nonrotating
$27$-$M_\odot$ progenitor in full unconstrained 3D and in octant symmetry for
$\gtrsim$$ 380\,\mathrm{ms}$. We find the development of an asymmetric runaway
explosion in our unconstrained simulation. We test the resolution dependence of
our results and, in agreement with previous work, find that low resolution
artificially aids explosion and leads to an earlier runaway expansion of the
shock. At low resolution, the octant and full 3D dynamics are qualitatively
very similar, but at high resolution, only the full 3D simulation exhibits the
onset of explosion.
