Implications of detailed neutrino transport for the heating by neutrino-antineutrino annihilation in supernova explosions

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Monte Carlo Method, Neutrinos, Neutron Stars, Supernova Remnants, Supernovae, Antineutrinos, Energy Transfer, Optical Thickness, Particle Collisions

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Monte Carlo techniques are employed to investigate the transport of neutrinos in the semitransparent material around and external to the 'neutrino sphere' in a newly formed neutron star. The characteristics of the transport of neutrinos of all kinds as revealed by the Monte Carlo studies are discussed and approximate formulas for a description more accurate than the 'vacuum approximation' are presented. Backscattering of neutrinos in collisions with nucleonic targets is found to isotropize the neutrino radiation field and to increase the efficiency of energy transfer to the stellar material due to neutrino-antineutrino annihilation reactions. This amplification occurs in material of densities still larger than roughly 10 to the 10th g/cu cm, while further out limb darkening effects reduce the energy deposition considerably.

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