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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 439, Issue 4, Pages 4011-4017Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu257
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methods: analytical; methods: numerical; stars: massive; supernovae: general
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- Asher Fund for Space Research at the Technion
- US-Israel Binational Science Foundation
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We find that convective regions of collapsing massive stellar cores possess sufficient stochastic angular momentum to form intermittent accretion discs around the newly born neutron star (NS) or black hole (BH), as required by the jittering-jets model for core-collapse supernova explosions. To reach this conclusion, we derive an approximate expression for stochastic specific angular momentum in convection layers of stars, and using the mixing-length theory apply it to four stellar models at core-collapse epoch. In all models, evolved using the stellar evolution code mesa, the convective helium layer has sufficient angular momentum to form an accretion disc. The mass available for disc formation around the NS or BH is 0.1-1.2 M-circle dot; stochastic accretion of this mass can form intermittent accretion discs that launch jets, powerful enough to explode the star according to the jittering-jets model. Our results imply that even if no explosion occurs after accretion of the inner similar to 2-5 M-circle dot of the core on to the NS or BH (the mass depends on the stellar model), accretion of outer layers of the core will eventually lead to an energetic supernova explosion.
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