Ascertaining the explosion mechanism of stripped-envelope supernovae

This project aims to ascertain the explosion mechanisms of massive stars by investigating stripped-envelope supernovae as an ideal diagnostic laboratory. This project expects to generate new synthetic observational signatures based on 3D hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic supernova models using 3D Monte Carlo radiative transfer to enable a comparison with observed supernova light curves, spectra and polarimetry. Expected outcomes of this project include better diagnostics for the energetics, explosion asymmetries and mixing in supernovae of massive stars and hence the nature of the supernova engine. This should provide significant benefits both for large-scale transient surveys and for high-quality observations of individual supernovae.