Impact of the equation of state on core collapse supernovae I: the low-T/|W| instability
Abstract
Rapidly rotating core-collapse supernovae are promising sources of multimessenger emission, as non-axisymmetric dynamics in the newly formed proto-neutron star can leave characteristic imprints on both gravitational waves and neutrinos. We present three-dimensional neutrino-magnetohydrodynamics simulations of the collapse of a rapidly rotating 35 M⊙ progenitor, performed with five different finite-temperature nuclear equations of state, to investigate how dense-matter physics affects the development of the low-T/|W| instability and its associated multimessenger signatures. We find that the low-T/|W| instability develops in all equation of state models considered, indicating that its occurrence is robust for this rapidly rotating progenitor. However, its onset time, dominant azimuthal structure, lifetime, and characteristic multimessenger frequencies vary among models, reflecting differences in the evolving proto-neutron star structure and rotation profile. The instability produces large-scale spiral modes that generate quasi-periodic gravitational wave emission and modulate the neutrino luminosities, especially along directions close to the equatorial plane. The dominant gravitational wave frequency associated with the instability correlates with the effective stiffness and compactness of the proto-neutron star: models with more compact/stiffer configurations emit at higher frequencies. This suggests that, in rapidly rotating core-collapse supernovae, the frequency of the low-T/|W| instability-driven gravitational wave signal may provide a diagnostic of the dense-matter equation of state, complementary to the information carried by the neutrino signal.
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BibTeX
@misc{cusinato2026impact,
title = {{Impact of the equation of state on core collapse supernovae I: the low-$T/|W|$ instability}},
author = {Marco Cusinato and Martin Obergaulinger and Miguel Ángel Aloy},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2605.28944},
eprint = {2605.28944},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.28944},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Impact of the equation of state on core collapse supernovae I: the low-T/|W| instability
AU - Marco Cusinato
AU - Martin Obergaulinger
AU - Miguel Ángel Aloy
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/16
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2605.28944
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.28944
AB - Rapidly rotating core-collapse supernovae are promising sources of multimessenger emission, as non-axisymmetric dynamics in the newly formed proto-neutron star can leave characteristic imprints on both gravitational waves and neutrinos. We present three-dimensional neutrino-magnetohydrodynamics simulations of the collapse of a rapidly rotating 35 M_⊙ progenitor, performed with five different finite-temperature nuclear equations of state, to investigate how dense-matter physics affects the development of the low-T/|W| instability and its associated multimessenger signatures. We find that the low-T/|W| instability develops in all equation of state models considered, indicating that its occurrence is robust for this rapidly rotating progenitor. However, its onset time, dominant azimuthal structure, lifetime, and characteristic multimessenger frequencies vary among models, reflecting differences in the evolving proto-neutron star structure and rotation profile. The instability produces large-scale spiral modes that generate quasi-periodic gravitational wave emission and modulate the neutrino luminosities, especially along directions close to the equatorial plane. The dominant gravitational wave frequency associated with the instability correlates with the effective stiffness and compactness of the proto-neutron star: models with more compact/stiffer configurations emit at higher frequencies. This suggests that, in rapidly rotating core-collapse supernovae, the frequency of the low-T/|W| instability-driven gravitational wave signal may provide a diagnostic of the dense-matter equation of state, complementary to the information carried by the neutrino signal.
ER -