Probing the core-collapse supernova mechanism with gravitational waves
Probing the core-collapse supernova mechanism with gravitational waves
The mechanism of core-collapse supernova explosions must draw on the energy provided by gravitational collapse and transfer the necessary fraction to the kinetic and internal energy of the ejecta. Despite many decades of concerted theoretical effort, the detailed mechanism of core-collapse supernova explosions is still unknown, but indications are strong …