Magnetorotational Core-Collapse Supernovae in Three Dimensions

This movie shows the time-evolution of the shock wave that is created when the core of a rapidly rotating, strongly magnetized massive star collapses to a proto-neutron star. The dynamics are dominated by the ultra-strong magnetic field (~10^16G) that is build up during and shortly after the collapse. A prompt jet-like explosion is foiled by a spiraling MHD kink instability that disrupts the jet. Subsequently magnetic fields continue to dominate as funnels of highly magnetized, launched from the proto-neutr