Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2010-07-19
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
33 pages, 15 figures, accepted to the ApJ
Scientific paper
Bearing in mind the application to the collapsar models of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), we develop a numerical scheme and code for estimating the deposition of energy and momentum due to the neutrino pair annihilation ($\nu + {\bar \nu} \rightarrow e^{-} + e^{+}$) in the vicinity of accretion tori around a Kerr black hole. Our code is designed to solve the general relativistic neutrino transfer by a ray-tracing method. To solve the collisional Boltzmann equation in curved spacetime, we numerically integrate the so-called rendering equation along the null geodesics. For the neutrino opacity, the charged-current $\beta$-processes are taken into account, which are dominant in the vicinity of the accretion tori. The numerical accuracy of the developed code is certificated by several tests, in which we show comparisons with the corresponding analytic solutions. Based on the hydrodynamical data in our collapsar simulation, we estimate the annihilation rates in a post-processing manner. Increasing the Kerr parameter from 0 to 1, it is found that the general relativistic effect can increase the local energy deposition rate by about one order of magnitude, and the net energy deposition rate by several tens of percents. After the accretion disk settles into a stationary state (typically later than $\sim 9$ s from the onset of gravitational collapse), we point out that the neutrino-heating timescale in the vicinity of the polar funnel region can be shorter than the dynamical timescale. Our results suggest the neutrino pair annihilation has a potential importance equal to the conventional magnetohydrodynamic mechanism for igniting the GRB fireballs.
Harikae Seiji
Kotake Kei
Sekiguchi Yu-ichiro
Takiwaki Tomoya
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