A Grid of Core-Collapse Supernova Remnant Models I: The Effect of Wind-Driven Mass-Loss

TL;DR

This paper develops a comprehensive grid of core-collapse supernova remnant models considering wind-driven mass-loss from progenitors, analyzing how initial mass and mass-loss history influence remnant properties and X-ray spectra.

Contribution

It introduces a multi-stage modeling pipeline combining stellar evolution, explosion, and remnant phases, incorporating wind-driven mass-loss effects for progenitors of 10-30 solar masses.

Findings

Remnant properties vary significantly with progenitor mass and mass-loss history.

The models show differences in spectral characteristics compared to previous studies.

Quantitative analysis of how wind-driven mass-loss impacts supernova remnant evolution.

Abstract

Massive stars can shed material via steady, line-driven winds, eruptive outflows, or mass-transfer onto a binary companion. In the case of single stars, the mass is deposited by the stellar wind into the nearby environment. After the massive star explodes, the stellar ejecta interact with this circumstellar material (CSM), often-times resulting in bright X-ray line emission from both the shock-heated CSM and ejecta. The amount of material lost by the progenitor, the mass of ejecta, and its energetics all impact the bulk spectral characteristics of this X-ray emission. Here we present a grid of core-collapse supernova remnant models derived from models for massive stars with zero age main sequence masses of $\sim$ 10 - 30 M$_\odot$ evolved from the pre-main sequence stage with wind-driven mass-loss. Evolution is handled by a multi-stage pipeline of software packages. First, we use mesa (Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics) to evolve the progenitors from pre-main sequence to iron core collapse. We then use the Supernova Explosion Code (snec) to explode the mesa models, and follow them for the first 100 days following core-collapse. Finally, we couple the snec output, along with the CSM generated from mesa mass-loss rates, into the Cosmic-Ray Hydrodynamics code (ChN) to model the remnant phase to 7000 years post core-collapse. At the end of each stage, we compare our outputs with those found in the literature, and we examine any qualitative and quantitative differences in the bulk properties of the remnants and their spectra based on the initial progenitor mass, as well as mass-loss history.