TeV Neutrinos from Bursting and Choked Fireballs

Core collapse of massive stars resulting in a relativistic fireball jet which breaks through the stellar envelope is a widely discussed scenario for gamma-ray burst production. For very extended or slow rotating stars, the fireball may be unable to break through the envelope. Both penetrating and choked fireballs will produce, by photo-meson interactions of accelerated protons, a burst of $\gtrsim$ 5 TeV neutrinos while propagating in the envelope. The predicted flux, from both penetrating and chocked fireballs, should be easily detectable by planned cubic kilometer neutrino telescopes.