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Core-collapse supernova form a diverse class of explosions produced at the end of the lives of massive stars. We study numerically the process of formation of the compact remnants (proto-magnetars and black holes) resulting from the collapse of very compact, low-metallicity cores of high-mass stars. We aim at understanding the dependence of the stellar remnants properties on the stellar progenitor rotational and magnetic properties, as well as small variations thereof. Our models track the post-bounce evolution of the core for nearly 10 seconds, combining special relativistic MHD, an approximately generally relativistic gravitational potential, and two-moment neutrino transport. We find that the poloidal magnetic field strength in the pre-collapse core is of utmost importance in determining whether the proto-neutron star resulting from core bounce will be sufficiently long-lived to contribute significantly to the stellar explosion and the associated high-energy transients.
