Implications of post-kick jets in core-collapse supernovae

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Abstract

I examine the assumption that the jets that shape the axisymmetrical morphological features of core-collapse supernova (CCSN) remnants are post-kick jets, i.e. the neutron star (NS) launches these jets after the explosion and after it acquired its natal kick velocity. I find that this assumption implies that the pre-collapse cores of CCSN progenitors have sufficient angular momentum fluctuations to support jittering jets that explode the star. From the finding that the shaping-jets neither tend to be aligned with the kick velocity nor to be perpendicular to it I argue that the assumption that the shaping-jets are post-kick jets has the following implications. (1) The NS accretes mass at a radius of racc ≈ 5000 km from the centre of the explosion at ≈ 10 s after explosion. (2) The required angular momentum fluctuations of the accreted gas to explain the medium values of jets-kick angles are also sufficient to support an intermittent pre-kick accretion disc, just before and during the explosion. Such an intermittent accretion disc is likely to launch jets that explode the star in the frame of the jittering jets explosion mechanism. This suggests that most likely the shaping-jets are the last jets in the jittering jets explosion mechanism rather than post-kick jets. (3) The jittering jets explosion mechanism expects that black holes have small natal kick velocities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4404-4409
Number of pages6
JournalMONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume520
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2023

Keywords

  • stars: jets
  • stars: massive
  • stars: neutron
  • supernovae: general

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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