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We study the spectra of photospheric emission from highly relativistic gamma-ray burst outflows using a Monte Carlo (MC) code. We consider the Comptonization of photons with a fast cooled synchrotron spectrum in a relativistic jet with…

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We present three-dimensional simulations of the dynamics of binary neutron star (BNS) mergers from the late stage of the inspiral process up to $\sim 20$ ms after the system has merged, either to form a hyper-massive neutron star (NS) or a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-30 Roberto De Pietri , Alessandra Feo , Francesco Maione , Frank Löffler

A new Monte-Carlo radiative-transfer code, Sunrise, is used in conjunction with hydrodynamic simulations of major galaxy mergers to calculate the effects of dust in such systems. The simulations are in good agreement with observations of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Patrik Jonsson , T. J. Cox , Joel R. Primack , Rachel S. Somerville

To date, essentially all simulation codes that solve the full set of Einstein's equations are performed in the framework of Eulerian hydrodynamics. The exception is our recently developed Numerical Relativity code SPHINCS_BSSN which solves…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-17 S. Rosswog , P. Diener , F. Torsello

We present a new method for neutrino-matter coupling in multi-dimensional radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of core-collapse supernova (CCSN) with the full Boltzmann neutrino transport. The development is motivated by the fact that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-07 Hiroki Nagakura , Kohsuke Sumiyoshi , Shoichi Yamada

We introduce \texttt{Weakhub}, a novel neutrino microphysics library that provides opacities and kernels beyond conventional interactions used in the literature. This library includes neutrino-matter, neutrino-photon, and neutrino-neutrino…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-29 Harry Ho-Yin Ng , Patrick Chi-Kit Cheong , Alan Tsz-Lok Lam , Tjonnie Guang Feng Li

The hadronic jets in a micro-quasar stellar system are modelled with the relativistic hydrocode PLUTO. We focus on neutrino emission from such jets produced by fast proton (non-thermal) collisions on thermal ones within the hadronic jet. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-13 Theodoros Smponias , Odysseas Kosmas

With the recently emerging global interest in building a next generation of circular electron-positron colliders to study the properties of the Higgs boson, and other important topics in particle physics at ultra-high beam energies, it is…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-05-25 Zhe Duan , Mei Bai , Desmond P. Barber , Qing Qin

This review paper emphasizes the significance of microscopic calculations with quantified theoretical error estimates in studying lepton-nucleus interactions and their implications for electron-scattering and accelerator…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-08-03 Alexis Nikolakopoulos , Noah Steinberg , Alessandro Lovato , Noemi Rocco

We study equal and unequal-mass neutron star mergers by means of new numerical relativity simulations in which the general relativistic hydrodynamics solver employs an algorithm that guarantees mass conservation across the refinement levels…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-17 Tim Dietrich , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Maximiliano Ujevic , Bernd Bruegmann

We develop a numerical code to calculate the neutrino transfer with multi-energy and multi-angle in three dimensions (3D) for the study of core-collapse supernovae. The numerical code solves the Boltzmann equations for neutrino…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-03-26 Kohsuke Sumiyoshi , Shoichi Yamada

Nonuniform neutron-rich matter present in both core-collapse supernovae and neutron-star crusts is described in terms of a semiclassical model that reproduces nuclear-matter properties and includes long-range Coulomb interactions. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. J. Horowitz , M. A. Perez-Garcia , J. Carriere , D. K. Berry , J. Piekarewicz

The Cosmic Ray Albedo Neutron Decay (CRAND) is believed to be the principal mechanism for the formation of inner proton radiation belt -- at least for relatively higher energy particles. We implement this mechanism in a Monte Carlo…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-23 Ritabrata Sarkar , Abhijit Roy

The flow inside remnants of binary neutron star (NS) mergers is expected to be turbulent, because of magnetohydrodynamics instability activated at scales too small to be resolved in simulations. To study the large-scale impact of these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-20 David Radice

A simple Monte Carlo (MC) algorithm for the simulation of the passage of low-energy gamma rays and electrons through any material medium is presented. The algorithm includes several approximations that accelerate the simulation while…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-10-25 Víctor Moya , Jaime Rosado , Fernando Arqueros

We investigate beta-interactions of free nucleons and their impact on the electron fraction (Y_e) and r-process nucleosynthesis in ejecta characteristic of binary neutron star mergers (BNSMs). For that we employ trajectories from a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 Stephane Goriely , Andreas Bauswein , Oliver Just , Else Pllumbi , Hans-Thomas Janka

We review the relevance of neutrino-nucleus interactions at energy transfers below 100 MeV for accelerator-based experiments, experiments at lower energies and for astrophysical neutrinos. The impact of low-energy scattering processes in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-08-07 Natalie Jachowicz , Nils Van Dessel , Alexis Nikolakopoulos

Computer simulations of photon transport through an absorbing and/or scattering medium form an important research tool in astrophysics. Nearly all software codes performing such simulations for three-dimensional geometries employ the Monte…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-25 Peter Camps , Maarten Baes

In this Thesis, we describe the development of a three-dimensional radiative transfer code using Monte Carlo technique and its application to various astrophysical problems. This code is capable of simulating the radiation spectra coming…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-16 Himadri Ghosh

Ultra-high-energy neutrinos serve as messengers of some of the highest energy astrophysical environments. Given that neutrinos are neutral and only interact via weak interactions, neutrinos can emerge from sources, traverse astronomical…