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In this work, we explore in a consistent fashion the effects of fast flavor conversion (FFC) in 1D and 2D core-collapse supernova (CCSN) simulations. In addition, we investigate the impact of various angular reconstruction methods and…

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We explore the impact of small-scale flavor conversions of neutrinos, the so-called fast flavor conversions (FFCs), on the dynamical evolution and neutrino emission of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe). In order to do that, we implement FFCs…

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In this {\it Letter}, we present a compelling and robust argument for the roles of neutrino fast flavor conversion (FFC) in the explosion mechanism of core-collapse supernova (CCSN), combining the {\it multi-angle} FFC subgrid model rooted…

We present the first simulations of core-collapse supernovae in axial symmetry with feedback from fast neutrino flavor conversion (FFC). Our schematic treatment of FFCs assumes instantaneous flavor equilibration under the constraint of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-03 Jakob Ehring , Sajad Abbar , Hans-Thomas Janka , Georg Raffelt , Irene Tamborra

Fast flavor conversions (FFCs) of neutrinos, which can occur in core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe), are multiangle effects. They depend on the angular distribution of the neutrino's electron lepton number (ELN). In this work, we present a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-22 Zewei Xiong , Meng-Ru Wu , Manu George , Chun-Yu Lin , Noshad Khosravi Largani , Tobias Fischer , Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo

Despite the theoretical indication that fast neutrino-flavor conversion (FFC) ubiquitously occurs in core-collapse supernova and binary neutron star merger, the lack of global simulations has been the greatest obstacle to study their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-28 Hiroki Nagakura , Masamichi Zaizen

Neutrino-neutrino forward scatterings potentially induce collective neutrino oscillation in dense neutrino gases in astrophysical sites such as core-collapse supernovae (CCSN) and binary neutron star mergers (BNSM). In this paper, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-24 Masamichi Zaizen , Hiroki Nagakura

We present a systematic study of fast neutrino-flavor conversion (FFC) with both small-scale and large-scale numerical simulations in spherical symmetry. We find that FFCs can, in general, reach a quasi-steady state, and these features in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-12 Hiroki Nagakura , Masamichi Zaizen

One of the greatest uncertainties in any modeling of inner engine of core-collapse supernova (CCSN) is neutrino flavor conversions driven by neutrino self-interactions. We carry out large-scale numerical simulations of multi-energy,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-07 Hiroki Nagakura

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

The quantum kinetic evolution of neutrinos in dense environments, such as the core-collapse supernovae or the neutron star mergers, can result in fast flavor conversion (FFC), presenting a significant challenge to achieving robust…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-10 Zewei Xiong , Meng-Ru Wu , Manu George , Chun-Yu Lin

There has been growing evidence that mu and tau neutrinos are noticeably different due to the emergence of muons in core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) and binary neutron star mergers (BNSMs). Recent theoretical studies also suggest that all…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-26 Jiabao Liu , Hiroki Nagakura , Masamichi Zaizen , Lucas Johns , Shoichi Yamada

We consider for the first time R-parity violating interactions of the Minimal Standard Supersymmetric Model involving neutrinos and quarks (``flavor changing neutral currents'', FCNC's) in the infall stage of stellar collapse. Our…

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Merging our supernova code F{\sc{ornax}} with the Box3D fast-flavor neutrino oscillation formalism, we explore the effects of fast-flavor conversion (FFC) in state-of-the-art 1D and 2D core-collapse supernova simulations. We find that after…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-14 Tianshu Wang , Adam Burrows

The fast flavor conversions (FFCs) of neutrinos generally exist in core-collapse supernovae and binary neutron-star merger remnants, and can significantly change the flavor composition and affect the dynamics and nucleosynthesis processes.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-05 Zewei Xiong , Meng-Ru Wu , Sajad Abbar , Soumya Bhattacharyya , Manu George , Chun-Yu Lin

Fast neutrino flavor conversions (FFCs) and collisional flavor instabilities (CFIs) potentially affect the dynamics of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) and binary neutron star mergers (BNSMs). Under the assumption of homogeneous neutrinos,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-19 Chinami Kato , Hiroki Nagakura , Masamichi Zaizen

Fast neutrino-flavor conversion (FFC) can nontrivially alter neutrino radiation field in core-collapase supernovae (CCSN) and binary neutron-star merger (BNSM) remnants. However, its interplay with global geometry remains poorly understood…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-16 Masamichi Zaizen , Hiroki Nagakura

There is mounting evidence that neutrinos undergo fast flavor conversion (FFC) in core-collapse supernova (CCSN). In this letter, we investigate the roles of stellar rotation on the occurrence of FFC by carrying out axisymmetric CCSN…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-26 Akira Harada , Hiroki Nagakura

In astrophysical environments such as core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) and binary neutron star mergers (BNSMs), neutrinos potentially experience substantial flavor mixing due to the refractive effects of neutrino self-interactions.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-25 Jiabao Liu , Hiroki Nagakura , Masamichi Zaizen , Lucas Johns , Ryuichiro Akaho , Shoichi Yamada

Neutrinos can undergo fast flavor conversions (FFCs) within extremely dense astrophysical environments such as core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) and neutron star mergers (NSMs). In this study, we explore FFCs in a \emph{multi-energy}…

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