A Three-Dimensional Exploration of Magnetic Fields, Rotation, and Shock Revival in a $39 M_\odot$ Core-Collapse Supernova Progenitor

TL;DR

This study uses 3D simulations to explore how rotation and magnetic fields influence shock revival and outflow morphology in a massive, rapidly rotating supernova progenitor, revealing that magnetic fields can facilitate early bipolar outflows.

Contribution

It presents the first 3D simulations separating effects of neutrino heating, rotation, and magnetic fields in a high-mass supernova progenitor, highlighting magnetic and rotational impacts on explosion dynamics.

Findings

Magnetic fields enable earlier shock revival and bipolar outflows.

Rotation and magnetic fields influence the timing and morphology of shock expansion.

Magnetized models help prevent prompt black hole formation in this progenitor.

Abstract

We present three-dimensional hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic core-collapse supernova simulations of a rapidly rotating, high-compactness $39 M_\odot$ progenitor to investigate the roles of rotation and magnetic fields in shock revival and outflow morphology. This study is designed to separate neutrino-driven expansion, rotation-induced deformation, and magnetically aided polar outflow within the same progenitor. We evolve three models: a non-rotating hydrodynamic baseline, a rotating hydrodynamic model, and a rotating magnetized model. All three models reach runaway shock expansion within the simulated interval, but with markedly different morphologies and timescales. The magnetized model revives first and develops the clearest bipolar outflow. The rotating non-magnetized model undergoes the latest shock revival and remains comparatively compact at the end of the simulation. The non-rotating model also undergoes shock revival, but subsequently collapses to a black hole about one second after core bounce. In the magnetized model, Maxwell stresses redistribute angular momentum and extract energy from the differential rotation of the protoneutron star, reducing the inner-core spin and helping channel rotational free energy into the emerging polar outflow. Neutrino emission provides an additional, though smaller, angular-momentum sink in both rotating models. We find that rapid rotation and strong magnetic fields can launch an early magnetically aided polar outflow in 3D, while the resulting dynamics remain intrinsically non-axisymmetric. In this extreme progenitor, rotation also provides significant support against prompt black-hole formation, although the longer-term remnant stability remains uncertain beyond the simulated interval.