Three-dimensional core-collapse supernova simulations of massive and rotating progenitors

We present 3D simulations of the core-collapse of massive rotating and non-rotating progenitors performed with the general relativistic neutrino hydrodynamics code COCONUT-FMT. The progenitor models include Wolf-Rayet stars with initial helium star masses of $39\, \mathrm{ M}_{\odot }$ and $20\, \mathrm{ M}_{\odot }$ , and an $18\, \mathrm{ M}_{\odot }$ red supergiant. The $39\, \mathrm{ M}_{\odot }$ model is a rapid rotator, whereas the two other progenitors are non-rotating. Both Wolf-Rayet models produce healthy neutrino-driven explosions, whereas the red supergiant model fails to explode. By the end of the simulations, the explosion energies have already reached $1.1\times 10^{51}\, $ and $0.6\times 10^{51}\, \mathrm{erg}$ for the $39\, \mathrm{ M}_{\odot }$ and $20\, \mathrm{ M}_{\odot }$ model, respectively. They produce neutron stars of relatively high mass, but with modest kicks. Due to the alignment of the bipolar explosion geometry with the rotation axis, there is a relatively small misalignment of 30° between the spin and the kick in the rapidly rotating $39\, \mathrm{ M}_{\odot }$ model. For this model, we find that rotation significantly changes the dependence of the characteristic gravitational-wave frequency of the f-mode on the proto-neutron star parameters compared to the non-rotating case. Its gravitational-wave amplitudes would make it detectable out to almost 2 Mpc by the Einstein Telescope. The other two progenitors have considerably smaller detection distances, despite significant low-frequency emission in the most sensitive frequency band of current gravitational-wave detectors.