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Core-Collapse Supernova Explosion Theory

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Most supernova explosions accompany the death of a massive star. These explosions give birth to neutron stars and black holes and eject solar masses of heavy elements. However, determining the mechanism of explosion has been a half-century journey of great complexity. In this paper, we present our perspective of the status of this theoretical quest and the physics and astrophysics upon which its resolution seems to depend. The delayed neutrino-heating mechanism is emerging as a robust solution, but there remain many issues to address, not the least of which involves the chaos of the dynamics, before victory can unambiguously be declared. It is impossible to review in detail all aspects of this multi-faceted, more-than-half-century-long theoretical quest. Rather, we here map out the major ingredients of explosion and the emerging systematics of the observables with progenitor mass, as we currently see them. Our discussion will of necessity be speculative in parts, and many of the ideas may not survive future scrutiny. Some statements may be viewed as informed predictions concerning the numerous observables that rightly exercise astronomers witnessing and diagnosing the supernova Universe. Importantly, the same explosion in the inside, by the same mechanism, can look very different in photons, depending upon the mass and radius of the star upon explosion. A 10$^{51}$-erg (one "Bethe") explosion of a red supergiant with a massive hydrogen-rich envelope, a diminished hydrogen envelope, no hydrogen envelope, and, perhaps, no hydrogen envelope or helium shell all look very different, yet might have the same core and explosion evolution.

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Standard Candles for Supernova Neutrino Detection at DUNE

hep-ph · 2026-06-16 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Proposes using solar ^8B and muon-decay-at-rest neutrinos as calibration sources to constrain the ν_e-Ar cross section and reduce nuclear model bias in DUNE supernova neutrino detection.

Flavomons in Matter Gradients: Ray Tracing and Amplitude Evolution

hep-ph · 2026-04-20 · conditional · novelty 6.0

A WKB ray-tracing framework shows that supernova matter gradients sweep flavomons through the unstable wavenumber range, strongly limiting slow-instability growth below the shock while leaving growth outside it largely intact.

Muonic Boson Limits: Supernova Redux

hep-ph · 2021-09-07 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Supernova models yield coupling limits g_a ≲ 0.9×10^{-10} and g_φ ≲ 0.4×10^{-10} for masses above 100 keV from gamma-ray observations, plus stronger trapping-regime limits from explosion energy, that are difficult to reconcile with a muon g-2 explanation.

Diffuse Supernova Neutrinos with Secret Neutrino Interactions

hep-ph · 2026-06-22 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Models scalar-mediated νSI on the DSNB in a full three-flavor PMNS framework for four coupling structures and projects 3σ sensitivities at JUNO, Hyper-Kamiokande-Gd, and DUNE reaching g∼10^{-8} for m_ϕ∼100-300 eV.

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