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Monte-Carlo neutrino transport in neutron star merger simulations

Foucart, F., Duez, M. D., Hebert, F., Kidder, L. E., Pfeiffer, H. P., & Scheel, M. A. (2020). Monte-Carlo neutrino transport in neutron star merger simulations. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 902(1): L27. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/abbb87.

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Foucart, Francois, Author
Duez, Matthew D., Author
Hebert, Francois, Author
Kidder, Lawrence E., Author
Pfeiffer, Harald P.1, Author
Scheel, Mark A., Author
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1Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity, AEI-Golm, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society, ou_1933290

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Free keywords: Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, astro-ph.HE,General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, gr-qc
Abstract: Gravitational waves and electromagnetic signals from merging neutron star binaries provide valuable information about the the properties of dense matter, the formation of heavy elements, and high-energy astrophysics. To fully leverage observations of these systems, we need numerical simulations that provide reliable predictions for the properties of the matter unbound in these mergers. An important limitation of current simulations is the use of approximate methods for neutrino transport that do not converge to a solution of the transport equations as numerical resolution increases, and thus have errors that are impossible to quantify. Here, we report on a first simulation of a binary neutron star merger that uses Monte-Carlo techniques to directly solve the transport equations in low-density regions. In high-density regions, we use approximations inspired by implicit Monte-Carlo to greatly reduce the cost of simulations, while only introducing errors quantifiable through more expensive convergence studies. We simulate an unequal mass neutron star binary merger up to $5\,{\rm ms}$ past merger, and report on the properties of the matter and neutrino outflows. Finally, we compare our results to the output of our best approximate `M1' transport scheme, demonstrating that an M1 scheme that carefully approximates the neutrino energy spectrum only leads to $\sim 10\%$ uncertainty in the composition and velocity of the ejecta, and $\sim20\%$ uncertainty in the $\nu_e$ and $\bar\nu_e$ luminosities and energies. The most significant disagreement found between M1 and Monte-Carlo results is a factor of $\sim 2$ difference in the luminosity of heavy-lepton neutrinos.

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Dates: 2020-08-182020-10-222020
Publication Status: Published in print
Pages: 9p, 4 figures, 1 table; version accepted by ApJL
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Identifiers: arXiv: 2008.08089
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/abbb87
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