Core-Collapse Supernovae from Single and Binary-Stripped Massive Stars - I. Explodability and Nucleosynthesis
Abstract
Binary interaction can substantially alter massive-star evolution and pre-supernova structure, changing core-collapse outcomes and nucleosynthetic yields. We compare explodability and nucleosynthesis in 66 non-rotating, solar-metallicity single-star and binary-stripped progenitors spanning zero-age main-sequence (ZAMS) masses of $11−45\,{\rm M}_\odot$, using the spherically symmetric PUSH framework and nucleosynthesis post-processing. Both populations explode up to 22 M⊙, with binary stripping altering explodability at higher ZAMS masses. Successful explosions span similar energies (∼0.4-1.3B) and remnant masses (∼1.4-2.0M⊙). The largest nucleosynthetic differences occur at low ZAMS masses, particularly for material undergoing explosive O and Si burning. The 56Ni yields and iron-group abundances broadly agree with observations of core-collapse supernovae and the metal-poor star HD 84937. When compared with calculations using time-dependent mixing-length theory and a two-parameter explodability criterion for the same progenitors, our results reveal substantial differences in explodability, with agreement on successful explosions for only 5 cases across all three approaches. Nevertheless, elemental yield patterns can remain broadly similar for models that explode successfully across treatments. Salpeter initial-mass-function-weighted yields of most elements differ by ∼20% between populations, with K enhanced by a factor of ∼3.4 in the binary-stripped population, driven by increased production in the lowest-mass progenitors. Binary-stripped models show closer agreement with empirical core-collapse S, K, and Ca abundance ratios relative to Mg inferred from APOGEE, while Na remains overproduced in both populations. Together, our results highlight the need to account for binarity when interpreting supernova abundance patterns.
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BibTeX
@misc{pollin2026corecollapse,
title = {{Core-Collapse Supernovae from Single and Binary-Stripped Massive Stars - I. Explodability and Nucleosynthesis}},
author = {J. M. Pollin and S. Curtis and C. Fröhlich and E. J. Griffith and A. P. Ji and D. H. Weinberg and J. A. Johnson and R. A. Patton and C. E. Fields},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.33954},
eprint = {2610.33954},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.33954},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Core-Collapse Supernovae from Single and Binary-Stripped Massive Stars - I. Explodability and Nucleosynthesis
AU - J. M. Pollin
AU - S. Curtis
AU - C. Fröhlich
AU - E. J. Griffith
AU - A. P. Ji
AU - D. H. Weinberg
AU - J. A. Johnson
AU - R. A. Patton
AU - C. E. Fields
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/24
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.33954
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.33954
AB - Binary interaction can substantially alter massive-star evolution and pre-supernova structure, changing core-collapse outcomes and nucleosynthetic yields. We compare explodability and nucleosynthesis in 66 non-rotating, solar-metallicity single-star and binary-stripped progenitors spanning zero-age main-sequence (ZAMS) masses of $11−45\,{\rm M}_\odot$, using the spherically symmetric PUSH framework and nucleosynthesis post-processing. Both populations explode up to 22 M_⊙, with binary stripping altering explodability at higher ZAMS masses. Successful explosions span similar energies (∼0.4-1.3B) and remnant masses (∼1.4-2.0M_⊙). The largest nucleosynthetic differences occur at low ZAMS masses, particularly for material undergoing explosive O and Si burning. The ^56Ni yields and iron-group abundances broadly agree with observations of core-collapse supernovae and the metal-poor star HD 84937. When compared with calculations using time-dependent mixing-length theory and a two-parameter explodability criterion for the same progenitors, our results reveal substantial differences in explodability, with agreement on successful explosions for only 5 cases across all three approaches. Nevertheless, elemental yield patterns can remain broadly similar for models that explode successfully across treatments. Salpeter initial-mass-function-weighted yields of most elements differ by ∼20% between populations, with K enhanced by a factor of ∼3.4 in the binary-stripped population, driven by increased production in the lowest-mass progenitors. Binary-stripped models show closer agreement with empirical core-collapse S, K, and Ca abundance ratios relative to Mg inferred from APOGEE, while Na remains overproduced in both populations. Together, our results highlight the need to account for binarity when interpreting supernova abundance patterns.
ER -