Aspherical supernova explosions: Hydrodynamics, radiation transport & observational consequences

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Supernovae, Jets And Bursts, Galactic Winds And Fountains, Neutron Stars, Radiative Transfer, Scattering

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Core collapse supernovae (SN) are the final stages of stellar evolution in massive stars during which the central region collapses, forms a neutron star (NS), and the outer layers are ejected. Recent explosion scenarios assume that the ejection is due to energy deposition by neutrinos into the envelope but detailed models do not produce powerful explosions. There is new and mounting evidence for an asphericity and, in particular, for axial symmetry in several supernovae which may be hard to reconcile within the spherical picture. This evidence includes the observed high polarization and its variation with time, pulsar kicks, high velocity iron-group and intermediate-mass elements observed in remnants, and direct observations of the debris of SN1987A. Some of the new evidence is discussed in more detail. To be in agreement with the observations, any successful mechanism must invoke some sort of axial symmetry for the explosion. As a limiting case, we consider jet-induced/dominated explosions of ``classical'' core collapse supernovae. The discovery of magnetars revived the idea that a MHD-jet with appropriate properties may be formed at the NS. Our study is based on detailed 3-D hydrodynamical and radiation transport models. We demonstrate the influence of the jet properties and of the underlying progenitor structure on the final density and chemical structure. Our calculations show that low velocity, massive jets can explain the observations. Both asymmetric ionization and density/chemical distributions have been identified as crucial for the formation of asymmetric photospheres. Even within the picture of jet-induced explosion, the latter effect alone fails to explain early polarization in core collapse supernovae with a massive, hydrogen-rich envelope such as SN1999em. Finally, we discuss observational consequences and tests. .

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