Shockwaves in Supernovae: New Implications on the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background

Details Shockwaves in Supernovae: New Implications on the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background Shockwaves in Supernovae: New Implications on the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background

2009-06-29

arxiv.org/abs/0906.5294v2

Phys.Rev.D81:053002,2010

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

8 pages, 9 figures

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We investigate shock wave effects upon the diffuse supernova neutrino background using dynamic profiles taken from hydrodynamical simulations and calculating the neutrino evolution in three flavors with the S-matrix formalism. We show that the shock wave impact is significant and introduces modifications of the relic fluxes by about $20 \%$ and of the associated event rates at the level of $10-20 \%$. Such an effect is important since it is of the same order as the rate variation introduced when different oscillation scenarios (i.e. hierarchy or $\theta_{13}$) are considered. In addition, due to the shock wave, the rates become less sensitive to collective effects, in the inverted hierarchy and when $\sin^2 2 \theta_{13}$ is between the Chooz limit and $10^{-5}$. We propose a simplified model to account for shock wave effects in future predictions.

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