Flavor-dependent Neutrino Angular Distribution in Core-collapse Supernovae

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 839; no. 2; pp. 132 - 141
• Main Authors: Tamborra, Irene, Hüdepohl, Lorenz, Raffelt, Georg G., Janka, Hans-Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia The American Astronomical Society 20.04.2017; IOP Publishing
• Subjects: ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; Astrophysics; ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; Computer simulation; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; Decoupling; ELECTRONS; Flavor (particle physics); FLAVOR MODEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEPTON NUMBER; Leptons; MASS; NEUTRINOS; Radiation; Stellar evolution; Supernova; SUPERNOVAE; supernovae: general; SYMMETRY

According to recent studies, the collective flavor evolution of neutrinos in core-collapse supernovae depends strongly on the flavor-dependent angular distribution of the local neutrino radiation field, notably on the angular intensity of the electron lepton number carried by neutrinos. To facilitat...