# The imprints of the last jets in core collapse supernovae

## TL;DR

This paper supports the jet feedback explosion mechanism for core collapse supernovae by analyzing remnant morphologies and jet energies, highlighting the significant role of last jets in shaping supernova remnants and challenging neutrino-driven models.

## Contribution

It provides evidence that last jets significantly influence supernova remnants, advocating for a paradigm shift to jet-driven explosion models.

## Key findings

- Jet energies in remnants are similar to those in energetic supernovae.
- Ears in supernova remnants are inflated by jets with energies less than the total explosion energy.
- Morphologies resemble planetary nebulae, supporting jet involvement.

## Abstract

We analyze the morphologies of three core collapse supernova remnants (CCSNRs) and the energy of jets in other CCSNRs and in Super Luminous Supernovae (SLSNe) of type Ib/Ic/IIb, and conclude that these properties are well explained by the last jets' episode as expected in the jet feedback explosion mechanism of core collapse supernovae (CCSNe). The presence of two opposite protrusions, termed ears, and our comparison of the CCSNR morphologies with morphologies of planetary nebulae strengthen the claim that jets play a major role in the explosion mechanism of CCSNe. We crudely estimate the energy that was required to inflate the ears in two CCSNRs, and assume that the ears were inflated by jets. We find that the energies of the jets that inflated ears in 11 CCSNRs span a range that is similar to that of jets in some energetic CCSNe (SLSNe), and that this energy, only of the last jets' episode, is much less than the explosion energy. This finding is compatible with the jet feedback explosion mechanism of CCSNe, where only the last jets, that carry a small fraction of the total energy carried by earlier jets, are expected to influence the outer parts of the ejecta. We reiterate our call for a paradigm shift from neutrino-driven to jet-driven explosion models of CCSNe.