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arxiv: 2605.18972 · v1 · pith:FOWVPTCJnew · submitted 2026-05-18 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE · astro-ph.SR

Flavor Conversion Enhances or Suppresses Supernova Explodability Independent of the Progenitor Mass

Mariam Gogilashvili , Irene Tamborra This is my paper

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Flavor conversion can enhance or suppress supernova explosions depending on where it occurs in the core, independent of progenitor mass.

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This paper examines how neutrino flavor conversion influences the delayed explosion mechanism in core-collapse supernovae. Through simulations of stars with masses ranging from about 10 to 60 solar masses, it shows that flavor changes can increase neutrino heating near the gain region to aid shock revival or increase cooling near the decoupling region to hinder it. The effect holds across different progenitor compactness and nuclear equations of state. A sympathetic reader would care because this mechanism could determine which stars explode and which collapse to black holes, affecting the observed supernova rates and remnant populations.

Core claim

The authors find that modeling flavor conversion as instantaneous equipartition below a critical density allows it to either boost heating and promote explosions or enhance cooling and suppress them, depending on the trigger location relative to the gain region or neutrino decoupling region. This outcome is independent of the specific progenitor mass or the nuclear equation of state used.

What carries the argument

Instantaneous flavor equipartition below a critical baryon density while conserving lepton number, which alters the neutrino energy deposition and thus the shock dynamics.

If this is right

  • The interplay between flavor conversion region, progenitor properties, and nuclear equation of state determines the explosion fate and compact remnant properties.
  • Flavor conversion can increase or decrease the efficiency of shock revival in the neutrino-driven mechanism.
  • Simulations must account for the location of flavor conversion to accurately predict explosion outcomes across mass ranges.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Multi-dimensional simulations could reveal how convection interacts with this flavor effect to change explosion thresholds.
  • Neutrino signal observations from future supernovae might show signatures of early flavor conversion affecting the explosion.
  • Rates of black hole formation versus neutron star formation in stellar populations could be revised based on this mechanism.

Load-bearing premise

Flavor conversion is assumed to cause instantaneous flavor equipartition below a critical baryon density while conserving the lepton number.

What would settle it

A more detailed calculation or simulation demonstrating that flavor conversion does not achieve equipartition or that the resulting change in heating does not alter the shock revival as described would disprove the central claim.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.18972 by Irene Tamborra, Mariam Gogilashvili.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. Radial profiles of the baryon density for our reference [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. Evolution of the neutrino luminosity, average energy (both extracted at 500 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. Evolution of the net neutrino heating rate (top left panel), mass accretion rate (top right panel), shock radius (bottom [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Radial profiles of the net specific energy change [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. Shock radius evolution as a function of post-bounce [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6. Shock radius (left panels) and dimensionless net neutrino heating rate [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. Explosion fate of low-mass CCSN models. Shock radius (left panel) and dimensionless net neutrino heating (Eq. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: FIG. 8. Same as Fig [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_8.png] view at source ↗
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Flavor conversion can affect the neutrino-driven delayed explosion mechanism of collapsing massive stars, altering the efficiency of shock revival. We perform core-collapse supernova simulations in spherical symmetry for a set of progenitors with masses of $9.75\, M_\odot$, $11\, M_\odot$, $16.5\, M_\odot$, $28\, M_\odot$, $40\, M_\odot$, and $60\, M_\odot$, accounting for a mixing-length treatment for convection. Flavor conversion is modeled assuming instantaneous flavor equipartition below a critical baryon density, while conserving the lepton number. Regardless of the progenitor compactness, its mass, or the nuclear equation of state, we find that flavor conversion can increase heating (cooling) and enhance (hinder) the supernova explosion, if triggered near the gain (neutrino decoupling) region. Our findings suggest that the interplay among the region of the supernova core where flavor conversion occurs, the progenitor properties, and the nuclear equation of state is crucial in determining the fate of explosion and the properties of the compact remnant.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper performs spherical-symmetry core-collapse supernova simulations for progenitors of 9.75, 11, 16.5, 28, 40, and 60 solar masses using a mixing-length convection treatment. Flavor conversion is implemented as instantaneous equipartition below a fixed critical baryon density while conserving lepton number. The central claim is that this conversion increases (decreases) heating and enhances (hinders) explosion success when triggered near the gain (neutrino-decoupling) region, and that the outcome is independent of progenitor mass, compactness, and nuclear equation of state.

Significance. If the result holds, the work indicates that the spatial location of neutrino flavor conversion relative to the gain and decoupling regions can control explodability across a wide progenitor range, with possible consequences for remnant mass distributions and the supernova–black-hole transition. The broad progenitor set and EOS variations are positive features that support generality, though the simplified flavor treatment limits direct applicability to more realistic multi-dimensional models.

major comments (2)
  1. [Flavor conversion implementation (Methods)] The independence claim rests on the conversion region being consistently near the gain or decoupling surface. Because a single global critical baryon density is used, the relative placement of this threshold with respect to the gain radius and decoupling surface will differ across progenitors whose density profiles vary systematically with mass and EOS. This needs explicit verification (e.g., by tabulating or plotting the gain radius, decoupling radius, and critical-density radius for each model) to substantiate that the sign of the heating effect is not an artifact of the fixed-threshold choice.
  2. [Numerical setup and results] The simulations are performed in spherical symmetry with a mixing-length convection prescription and an instantaneous-equipartition flavor model. No resolution studies, convergence tests, or direct comparisons to multi-dimensional runs are reported, yet the central claim concerns quantitative changes in heating rates that determine explosion outcome. These modeling choices are load-bearing for the reported independence from progenitor properties.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract would benefit from a brief quantitative statement (e.g., typical change in diagnostic explosion energy or shock-revival time) rather than purely qualitative “increase heating / enhance explosion.”
  2. [Notation and figures] Notation for the critical baryon density and the lepton-number conservation constraint should be introduced once and used consistently; any figure legends that refer to these quantities should match the text definitions.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their constructive and insightful comments on our manuscript. We address each major comment below and will incorporate appropriate revisions to strengthen the presentation of our results.

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  1. Referee: [Flavor conversion implementation (Methods)] The independence claim rests on the conversion region being consistently near the gain or decoupling surface. Because a single global critical baryon density is used, the relative placement of this threshold with respect to the gain radius and decoupling surface will differ across progenitors whose density profiles vary systematically with mass and EOS. This needs explicit verification (e.g., by tabulating or plotting the gain radius, decoupling radius, and critical-density radius for each model) to substantiate that the sign of the heating effect is not an artifact of the fixed-threshold choice.

    Authors: We agree that explicit verification of the relative locations strengthens the independence claim. In the revised manuscript we will add a table listing, for each progenitor and both equations of state, the gain radius, the neutrino-decoupling radius, and the radius corresponding to the adopted critical baryon density at the time when flavor conversion is active. These data will demonstrate that the conversion region lies near the gain region (or near the decoupling surface) in the cases where we report enhancement (or suppression) of explodability, confirming that the sign of the effect follows from the intended placement rather than from an accidental mismatch caused by the fixed-density threshold. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Numerical setup and results] The simulations are performed in spherical symmetry with a mixing-length convection prescription and an instantaneous-equipartition flavor model. No resolution studies, convergence tests, or direct comparisons to multi-dimensional runs are reported, yet the central claim concerns quantitative changes in heating rates that determine explosion outcome. These modeling choices are load-bearing for the reported independence from progenitor properties.

    Authors: Spherical symmetry with mixing-length convection is a standard and computationally efficient framework for surveying a broad progenitor set while isolating the parametric effect of flavor-conversion location. The central result—that the sign of the heating change depends on whether conversion occurs near the gain or decoupling region—remains robust across the six progenitors and two equations of state examined. We will add a short paragraph in the revised Methods and Discussion sections that (i) cites prior validation studies of the mixing-length prescription, (ii) reports the limited sensitivity tests we performed on the mixing-length parameter, and (iii) explicitly states the limitations of the current setup with respect to full multi-dimensional hydrodynamics. We maintain that these choices are appropriate for the scope of the present work, which focuses on qualitative trends rather than precise quantitative thresholds. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; results from forward simulations

full rationale

The paper reports outcomes from core-collapse supernova simulations in spherical symmetry that incorporate an explicit modeling assumption for flavor conversion (instantaneous equipartition below a chosen critical baryon density while conserving lepton number). The central claim—that the sign of the heating/cooling effect and the impact on explosion depend on the relative location of the conversion region—is a computed result obtained by running the models across multiple progenitors and EOS choices. No load-bearing step reduces by construction to a self-definition, a fitted parameter renamed as a prediction, or a self-citation chain; the independence from progenitor mass is an empirical finding of the simulation suite rather than a tautology. The modeling choice is stated as an assumption, not derived from the target outcome.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The central claim depends on the modeling choice of instantaneous flavor equipartition below a critical density and on the use of spherical symmetry with mixing-length convection.

free parameters (1)
  • critical baryon density for flavor equipartition
    Threshold density below which instantaneous flavor conversion is imposed; value not specified in abstract.
axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Instantaneous flavor equipartition below critical baryon density while conserving lepton number
    Modeling assumption for neutrino flavor conversion stated in the abstract.
  • domain assumption Spherical symmetry with mixing-length treatment for convection
    Numerical setup used for all progenitor runs.

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