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The Effect of Supernova Convection On Neutron Star and Black Hole Masses

Authors :
Fryer, Chris L.
Olejak, Aleksandra
Belczynski, Krzysztof
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Our understanding of the convective-engine paradigm driving core-collapse supernovae has been used for 2 decades to predict the remnant mass distribution from stellar collapse. These predictions improve as our understanding of this engine increases. In this paper, we review our current understanding of convection (in particular, the growth rate of convection) in stellar collapse and study its effect on the remnant mass distribution. We show how the depth of the mass gap between neutron stars and black holes can help probe this convective growth. We include a study of the effects of stochasticity in both the stellar structure and the convective seeds caused by stellar burning. We study the role of rotation and its effect on the pair-instability mass gap. Under the paradigm limiting stellar rotation to those stars in tight binaries, we determine the effect of rotation on the remnant mass distribution.<br />Comment: 17 pages, accepted by ApJ

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2204.13025
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac6ac9