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Neutrinos play a crucial role in the collapse and explosion of massive stars, governing the infall dynamics of the stellar core, triggering and fueling the explosion and driving the cooling and deleptonization of the newly formed neutron…

The next core-collapse supernova in our Galaxy will be a spectacular event, with some $10^4$ neutrino detections in total expected among several detectors. This data will allow unprecedented tests of neutrino properties and new…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. F. Beacom

The gravitational core collapse of a star produces a huge burst of neutrinos of all flavors. A number of detectors worldwide are sensitive to such a burst; its detection would yield information about both particle physics and astrophysics.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Scholberg

These conference proceedings cover various aspects of neutrino propagation through the high matter and neutrino densities near the proto-neutron star in a core-collapse supernova. A significant feature of this regime is the impact of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-10 A. B. Balantekin

I shall review some of the recent results concerning the astrophysics of a core collapse supernova (SN) and neutrino oscillations. Neutrinos play an important role in the SN explosion, and they also carry most of the energy of the collapse.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Amol Dighe

We summarize the recent developments in our understanding of neutrino flavour conversion in core-collapse supernovae and discuss open questions.

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Cristina Volpe

We summarize the progress in neutrino astrophysics and emphasize open issues in our understanding of neutrino flavor conversion in media. We discuss solar neutrinos, core-collapse supernova neutrinos and conclude with ultra-high energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-23 Cristina Volpe

Neutrinos from dense environments are unique laboratories for astrophysics, particle physics and many-body physics. They tell us about the last stages of the gravitational core-collapse and the explosion of massive stars. These elusive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-04 M. Cristina Volpe

We would like to discuss prospects for neutrino observations of the core-collapse supernova progenitor during neutrino-cooled stage. We will present new theoretical results on thermal neutrino and antineutrino spectra produced deep inside…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-27 A. Odrzywolek , M. Misiaszek , M. Kutschera

Core-collapse supernovae are the terminal explosions of massive stars. After successive phases of nuclear fusion proceeding up to silicon burning, these stars form an iron core that is supported by electron degeneracy pressure. The core…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-27 B. Mueller , B. Sykes

While an understanding of supernova explosions will require sophisticated large-scale simulations, it is nevertheless possible to outline the most basic features of the neutrino emission resulting from stellar core collapse with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Christian Y. Cardall

Future galactic supernovae will provide an extremely long baseline for studying the properties and interactions of neutrinos. In this paper, we discuss the possibility of using such an event to constrain (or discover) the effects of exotic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-10-01 Chris Kelso , Dan Hooper

This paper explores core-collapse supernovae as crucial targets for neutrino telescopes, addressing uncertainties in their simulation results. We comprehensively analyze eighteen modern simulations and discriminate among supernova models…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-10 Maria Manuela Saez , Ermal Rrapaj , Akira Harada , Shigehiro Nagataki , Yong-Zhong Qian

Core-collapse supernovae are among the most energetic explosions in the universe marking the catastrophic end of massive stars. In spite of rigorous studies for several decades, we still don't understand the explosion mechanism completely.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Kei Kotake , Katsuhiko Sato , Keitaro Takahashi

Core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) offer extremely valuable insights into the dynamics of galaxies. Neutrino time profiles from CCSNe, in particular, could reveal unique details about collapsing stars and particle behavior in dense…

Core-collapse supernovae are among the most powerful explosions in the universe, emitting thermal neutrinos that carry away the majority of the gravitational binding energy released. These neutrinos create a diffuse supernova neutrino…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-09 Shin'ichiro Ando , Nick Ekanger , Shunsaku Horiuchi , Yusuke Koshio

Neutrino-matter cross sections and interaction rates are central to the core-collapse supernova phenomenon and, very likely, to the viability of the explosion mechanism itself. In this paper, we describe the major neutrino scattering,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Adam Burrows , Sanjay Reddy , Todd A. Thompson

An attempt is made to assess the significance of rotation in the core-collapse supernova phenomenon, from both observational and theoretical point of view. The data on supernovae particularly indicative of the role of rotation in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Odrzywolek , M. Kutschera , M. Misiaszek , K. Grotowski

In core-collapse supernovae, neutrinos and antineutrinos are initially subject to significant self-interactions induced by weak neutral currents, which may induce strong-coupling effects on the flavor evolution (collective transitions). The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-09-19 G. L. Fogli , E. Lisi , A. Marrone , A. Mirizzi

We highlight recent advances in neutrino astrophysics, the open issues and the interplay with neutrino properties. We emphasize the important progress in our understanding of neutrino flavor conversion in media. We discuss the case of solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-02 Cristina Volpe