Improved Monte Carlo neutrino transport in BNS merger simulations that includes inelastic electron scattering and refined pair processes produces lower heavy-lepton neutrino energies/luminosities and 50% higher ejecta mass.
Consistent Treatment of Muons in Binary Neutron Star Mergers
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We present a set of numerical-relativity binary neutron star merger simulations incorporating muons and muonic reactions for two baseline baryonic equations-of-state. In order to investigate the possible impact of muons and muonic weak reactions, we treat neutrinos with a gray (energy-independent) truncated moments scheme and an implicit-explicit time integrator. Newly computed neutrino rates are employed within the full kinematics approach for a set of relevant reactions, and pair-processes are modeled via opacities computed using reaction kernels, that allow a consistent treatment of neutrino interaction rates. We find that equilibration between matter and radiation is successfully captured by a novel two timescales approach. Of astrophysical interest is the general agreement between our muonic and non-muonic results regarding the remnant evolution, disk and outflow properties. Average electron fractions, asymptotic velocities and temperatures are different by less than $\sim 6\%$, while the main impact of muons is a reduction in ejecta masses by at most $\sim 17\%$. Therefore, based on our findings, accounting for the presence of muons and muonic reactions might result much less severe consequences regarding nucleosynthetic yields and electromagnetic counterparts than previously reported in the literature.
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Monte Carlo simulation of post-merger remnant shows pair annihilation rates greatly increased in cold low-density regions and inelastic electron scattering important for heavy-lepton neutrino thermalization, processes not included in prior merger simulations.
A grid-based multi-grid Poisson solver is implemented in numerical relativity, tested on puncture black holes and neutron stars, and used in a neutrino-radiation hydrodynamics simulation of 9 solar mass star collapse up to core bounce with high conservation accuracy.
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Impact of neutrino-electron scattering and an improved treatment of pair processes on binary neutron star mergers
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Assessing the Relative Importance of Neutrino Matter Interaction Channels in Post-Merger Remnant of Binary Neutron Stars
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Implementation of multi-grid Poisson solver in numerical relativity and its application to gravitational collapse of massive star
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