{
  "id": "1712.08253",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2017-12-21T23:42:25.000Z",
  "updated": "2017-12-21T23:42:25.000Z",
  "title": "Core-Collapse Supernova Simulations including Neutrino Interactions from the Virial EOS",
  "authors": [
    "Evan O'Connor",
    "C. J. Horowitz",
    "Zidu Lin",
    "Sean Couch"
  ],
  "comment": "6 pages, 3 figures, appears in Proc. IAU Symposium 331, SN 1987A, 30 years later - Cosmic Rays and Nuclei from Supernovae and Their Aftermaths",
  "journal": "Supernova 1987A:30 years later - Cosmic Rays and Nuclei from Supernovae and their aftermaths, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 331, pp. 107-112",
  "doi": "10.1017/S1743921317004586",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE",
    "nucl-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "Core-collapse supernova explosions are driven by a central engine that converts a small fraction of the gravitational binding energy released during core collapse to outgoing kinetic energy. The suspected mode for this energy conversion is the neutrino mechanism, where a fraction of the neutrinos emitted from the newly formed protoneutron star are absorbed by and heat the matter behind the supernova shock. Accurate neutrino-matter interaction terms are crucial for simulating these explosions. In this proceedings for IAUS 331, SN 1987A, 30 years later, we explore several corrections to the neutrino-nucleon scattering opacity and demonstrate the effect on the dynamics of the core-collapse supernova central engine via two dimensional neutrino-radiation-hydrodynamics simulations. Our results reveal that the explosion properties are sensitive to corrections to the neutral-current scattering cross section at the 10-20% level, but only for densities at or above $\\sim 10^{12}$ g cm$^{-3}$",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2017-12-21T23:42:25.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "core-collapse supernova simulations",
      "neutrino interactions",
      "virial eos",
      "accurate neutrino-matter interaction terms",
      "core-collapse supernova central engine"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 6,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}