The gravitational-wave power gap in core-collapse supernovae: insights from 60 axisymmetric simulations
核塌缩超新星中的引力波功率凹坑:60个轴对称模拟的启示
We analyse the gravitational-wave emission from 60 two-dimensional core-collapse supernova simulations. The models cover a range of progenitors and equations of state. We focus on the narrow frequency interval in the gravitational-wave spectrum where the emitted power is strongly suppressed (the power gap) and how its central frequency relates to the physical properties of the simulations. We find that the power-gap frequency exhibits strong and systematic correlations with the properties of the inner core of the forming neutron star, for example the sound speed, suggesting that the gap encodes information about the behaviour of matter at extreme densities. We further examine how well several mechanisms proposed in the literature account for the presence and evolution of the gap in our simulations. Finally, we explore a scenario in which the gap arises from destructive interference between a narrow oscillation mode and a broadband background signal, demonstrating that such an interaction can produce a sharp minimum in the emitted gravitational-wave power.
展开 ▾发现功率凹坑频率与中心密度、声速等极端物态参数呈强相关,为利用引力波限制核物质状态方程开辟新窗口;检验了避免交叉、四极零点等机制,提出窄模与宽带背景反共振的可能性。
近年来,模拟发现核塌缩超新星GW谱中存在功率凹坑(Morozova+ 2018),其成因有PNS振荡模避免交叉(Vartanyan+ 2023)和四极积分为零(Zha+ 2024)等解释。本文基于60个轴对称模拟,确认凹坑频率与中子星核心密度、声速等物态参数密切相关,且宽带雾霾贡献了大部分GW能量,对湍流吸积驱动模型(Radice+ 2019)形成补充。未来三维模拟和实际GW观测可望利用凹坑频率精密限制极端密度下的核物质状态方程,但需进一步克服维度效应和信号提取挑战。
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