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During the shock-wave propagation in a core-collapse supernova (SN), matter turbulence may affect neutrino flavor conversion probabilities. Such effects have been usually studied by adding parametrized small-scale random fluctuations (with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Enrico Borriello , Sovan Chakraborty , Hans-Thomas Janka , Eligio Lisi , Alessandro Mirizzi

We investigate the dynamics of fast neutrino flavor conversions (FFCs) in the one-dimensional (1D) and zero-dimensional (0D) models, in which spatial advection is considered and ignored, respectively. In this study, we employ snapshots…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-11-19 Milad Delfan Azari , Hirokazu Sasaki , Tomoya Takiwaki , Hirotada Okawa

Inside dense neutrino gases, such as neutron star mergers or core-collapse supernovae, collective neutrino effects cause the transformation of one neutrino flavour into another. Due to strong neutrino self-interactions in these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-18 Shvetaank Tripathi , Sandeep Joshi , Garima Rajpoot , Prashant Shukla

Neutrinos emitted deep within a supernova explosion experience a self-induced index of refraction. In the stationary, one-dimensional (1D) supernova "bulb model", this self-induced refraction can lead to a collective flavor transformation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-01-17 Joshua D. Martin , J. Carlson , Huaiyu Duan

We can understand many recently-discovered features of flavor evolution in dense, self-coupled supernova neutrino and antineutrino systems with a simple, physical scheme consisting of two quasi-static solutions. One solution closely…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Huaiyu Duan , George M. Fuller , Yong-Zhong Qian

We study the flavor evolution of a dense gas initially consisting of pure mono-energetic $\nu_e$ and $\bar\nu_e$. Using adiabatic invariants and the special symmetry in such a system we are able to calculate the flavor evolution of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Huaiyu Duan , George M. Fuller , J. Carlson , Yong-Zhong Qian

Self-induced flavor conversions of supernova (SN) neutrinos have been characterized in the spherically symmetric "bulb" model, reducing the neutrino evolution to a one dimensional problem along a radial direction. We lift this assumption,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-11-18 Alessandro Mirizzi

In compact astrophysical objects, the neutrino density can be so high that neutrino-neutrino refraction can lead to fast flavor conversion of the kind $\nu_e \bar\nu_e \leftrightarrow \nu_x \bar\nu_x$ with $x=\mu,\tau$, depending on the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-11-24 Ian Padilla-Gay , Irene Tamborra , Georg G. Raffelt

The geometrical representation of two-flavor neutrino oscillation represents the neutrino's flavor eigenstate as a magnetic moment-like vector that evolves around a magnetic field-like vector that depicts the Hamiltonian of the system. In…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-14 Rajrupa Banerjee , Kiran Sharma , Sudhanwa Patra , Prasanta K. Panigrahi

In extreme environments such as core-collapse supernovae, neutron-star mergers, and the early Universe, neutrinos are dense enough that their self-interactions significantly affect, if not dominate, their flavor dynamics. In order to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-11 Ivan A. Chernyshev

A new chapter is opening in the theory of core-collapse supernovae and neutron star mergers as simulations of these events begin to incorporate fast flavor conversion (FFC) and other forms of neutrino flavor mixing. Using numerical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-14 Erick Urquilla , Lucas Johns

Neutrino flavor evolution is critical for understanding the physics of dense astrophysical regimes, including core-collapse supernovae (CCSN). Powerful numerical integration codes exist for simulating these environments, yet a complete…

It is well known that the neutrino flavor in extreme astrophysical environments changes under the effect of three contributions: the vacuum oscillation, the interaction with the surrounding matter, and the collective oscillations due to…

We examine the flavor evolution of neutrinos emitted from the disk-like remnant (hereafter called \lq\lq neutrino disk\rq\rq) of a binary neutron star (BNS) merger. We specifically follow the neutrinos emitted from the center of the disk,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-08 James Y. Tian , Amol V. Patwardhan , George M. Fuller

The neutrino oscillation patterns can be modified by neutrino interactions with external environments including electromagnetic fields that can influence on neutrinos in the case neutrinos have nonzero electromagnetic properties [1]. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-01-01 Konstantin Stankevich , Alexander Studenikin

Collective neutrino oscillations play a crucial role in transporting lepton flavor in astrophysical settings like supernovae and neutron star binary merger remnants, which are characterized by large neutrino densities. In these settings,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-07 Alessandro Roggero , Ermal Rrapaj , Zewei Xiong

Despite being a well understood phenomenon in the context of current terrestrial experiments, neutrino flavor conversions in dense astrophysical environments probably represent one of the most challenging open problems in neutrino physics.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-02-08 Francesco Capozzi , Ninetta Saviano

We study the evolution of the neutrinos system in rotating matter. Neutrinos are supposed to be mixed massive particles interacting with background fermions by means of the electroweak forces. First we find the solutions of wave equations…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-06-04 Maxim Dvornikov

We review various field theory approaches to the description of neutrino oscillations in vacuum and external fields. First we discuss a relativistic quantum mechanics based approach which involves the temporal evolution of massive…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-17 Maxim Dvornikov

The flavor transformation in a dense neutrino gas can have a significant impact on the physical and chemical evolution of its surroundings. In this work we demonstrate that a dynamic, fast flavor oscillation wave can develop spontaneously…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-11-19 Joshua D. Martin , Changhao Yi , Huaiyu Duan