Understanding Convection in the Core-Collapse Supernovae Engine.

Understanding the nature of the standard engine behind core-collapse supernovae (SNe) has been an active area of research for over 60 yr pushing the limits of computational science. Driven by observations, scientists have developed and refined a model that not only explains existing observations but made predictions that have since been validated by subsequent data. Turbulent-driven convection plays a key role in this explosive engine and producing quantitatively accurate supernova models requires understanding this convection. Here, we review the convective-engine and discuss improved methods to study this convection to solve the supernova problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]