A Systematic Study of Magnetic Fields Impacts on Neutrino Transport in Core-Collapse Supernovae
Abstract
We quantify the impact of strong magnetic fields (assuming with G) on the neutrino transport in core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe). Magnetic fields quantize the momenta of electrons and positrons, resulting in an enhanced absorption cross section for low-energy neutrinos and suppressed chemical potentials for . We include these changes in the M1 scheme for neutrino transport and perform 1-D CCSNe simulations with \texttt{GR1D}. The increased low-energy cross sections reduce the mean energy while elevating the neutrino number luminosities for both and due to the lower energy weighted spectra. The reduction of chemical potential enhances the emission while suppressing that of , thereby driving an increase in the electron fraction behind the stalled shock at -- km. This further amplifies through an increased electron density. Consequently, magnetic fields amplify by increasing both and whereas for , the rise in is offset by a decreased , leading to a minimal change in . A systematic parameter scan of dipole field configurations suggests that, for km, is significantly suppressed and is enhanced if G. These magnetic effects become negligible for below G.
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@article{arxiv.2512.10417,
title = {A Systematic Study of Magnetic Fields Impacts on Neutrino Transport in Core-Collapse Supernovae},
author = {Yudong Luo and Shuai Zha and Toshitaka Kajino},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.10417},
year = {2025}
}
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20 pages, 7 figures, accepted by Phy. Rev. D