2000/12/20 by J. Brown, David Brown, Brown, David
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0012084
12 pages, 10 figures; prepared for the proceedings of the workshop on Astrophysical Sources of Gravitational Radiation
arxiv created 2000/12/20 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
A core-collapse supernova might produce large amplitude gravitational waves if, through the collapse process, the inner core can aquire enough rotational energy to become dynamically unstable. In this report I present the results of 3-D numerical simulations of core collapse supernovae. These simulations indicate that for some initial conditions the post-collapse inner core is indeed unstable. However, for the cases considered, the instability does not produce a large gravitational-wave signal.