On Stellar Evolution In A Neutrino Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

Abstract

We explore the evolution of a select grid of solar metallicity stellar models from their pre-main sequence phase to near their final fates in a neutrino Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, where the neutrino luminosity replaces the traditional photon luminosity. Using a calibrated \MESA\ solar model for the solar neutrino luminosity ($L_{\nu ,\odot }$ = 0.02398 $\cdot$ $L_{\gamma ,\odot }$ = 9.1795 $\times$ 10${}^{31}$ erg s${}^{-1}$) as a normalization, we identify $\simeq$ 0.3 MeV electron neutrino emission from helium burning during the helium flash (peak $L_{\nu }/L_{\nu ,\odot }\simeq$ 10${}^4$, flux ${\Phi }_{\nu ,\mathrm{He}\mathrm{flash}}\simeq$ 170 (10 pc/$d$)${}^2$ cm${}^{-2}$ s${}^{-1}$ for a star located at a distance of $d$ parsec, timescale $\simeq$ 3 days) and the thermal pulse (peak $L_{\nu }/L_{\nu ,\odot }\simeq$ 10${}^9$, flux ${\Phi }_{\nu ,\mathrm{TP}}\simeq$ 1.7$\times$10${}^7$ (10 pc/$d$)${}^2$ cm${}^{-2}$ s${}^{-1}$, timescale $\simeq$ 0.1 yr) phases of evolution in low mass stars as potential probes for stellar neutrino astronomy. We also delineate the contribution of neutrinos from nuclear reactions and thermal processes to the total neutrino loss along the stellar tracks in a neutrino Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. We find, broadly but with exceptions, that neutrinos from nuclear reactions dominate whenever hydrogen and helium burn, and that neutrinos from thermal processes dominate otherwise.

arXiv comment11 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in the astrophysical journal

References in corpus (73)

• The NumPy array: a structure for efficient numerical computation
• The chemical composition of the Sun
• Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA)
• Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Giant Planets, Oscillations, Rotation, and Massive Stars
• Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Binaries, Pulsations, and Explosions
• MESA Isochrones and Stellar Tracks (MIST). I: Solar-Scaled Models
• Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Convective Boundaries, Element Diffusion, and Massive Star Explosions
• Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Pulsating Variable Stars, Rotation, Convective Boundaries, and Energy Conservation
• Multi-messenger observations of a flaring blazar coincident with high-energy neutrino IceCube-170922A
• Neutrino emission from the direction of the blazar TXS 0506+056 prior to the IceCube-170922A alert
• Shell-model calculations of stellar weak interaction rates: II. Weak rates for nuclei in the mass range A=45-65 in supernovae environment
• New solar opacities, abundances, helioseismology, and neutrino fluxes
• Element Diffusion in the Solar Interior
• Neutrino-induced nucleosynthesis of A>64 nuclei: The nu p-process
• Precision measurement of the 7Be solar neutrino interaction rate in Borexino
• Nominal values for selected solar and planetary quantities: IAU 2015 Resolution B3
• Evolutionary and pulsational properties of white dwarf stars
• Up-dated opacities from the Opacity Project
• A new Generation of Standard Solar Models
• Turbulent Convection in Stellar Interiors. I. Hydrodynamic Simulation
• Neutron stars - cooling and transport
• Constraining solar abundances using helioseismology
• Supernova Simulations from a 3D Progenitor Model -- Impact of Perturbations and Evolution of Explosion Properties
• The 12C(a,g)16O reaction and its implications for stellar helium burning
• The Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background
• Solar Neutrinos: Status and Prospects
• The Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background is detectable in Super-Kamiokande
• Current Status of r-Process Nucleosynthesis
• Advanced burning stages and fate of 8-10 Mo stars
• Presupernova Evolution with Improved Rates for Weak Interactions
• Pulsating white dwarfs: new insights
• Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory
• Coulomb tunneling for fusion reactions in dense matter: Path integral Monte Carlo versus mean field
• Fresh insights on the structure of the solar core
• The Three Dimensional Evolution to Core Collapse of a Massive Star
• A more realistic representation of overshoot at the base of the solar convective envelope as seen by helioseismology
• Neutrino pair annihilation near accreting, stellar-mass black holes
• A Strong Test of Electro-Weak Theory using Pulsating DB White Dwarf Stars as Plasmon Neutrino Detectors
• The chemical composition of the Sun from helioseismic and solar neutrino data
• The brightness of the Red Giant Branch tip: Theoretical framework, a set of reference models, and predicted observables
• Hypercritical Accretion, Induced Gravitational Collapse, and Binary-Driven Hypernovae
• 3D Hydrodynamic Simulations of Carbon Burning in Massive Stars
• Neutrino Emission from Supernovae
• The Temperature Dependence of Solar Neutrino Fluxes
• On Carbon Burning in Super Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars
• Overview of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO)
• Convective-reactive nucleosynthesis of K, Sc, Cl and p-process isotopes in O-C shell mergers
• Alive and well: a short review about standard solar models
• Hybrid C-O-Ne white dwarfs as progenitors of type Ia supernovae: dependence on Urca process and mixing assumptions
• Acoustic Signatures of the Helium Core Flash
• The Helium-Core Mass at the Helium Flash in Low-Mass Red Giant Stars: Observations and Theory
• Neutrinos from beta processes in a presupernova: probing the isotopic evolution of a massive star
• Dependence of Convective Boundary Mixing on Boundary Properties and Turbulence Strength
• Solar models with convective overshoot, the solar-wind mass loss, and a PMS disk accretion: helioseismic quantities, Li depletion and neutrino fluxes
• Turbulent Chemical Diffusion in Convectively Bounded Carbon Flames
• Detectability of thermal neutrinos from binary-neutron-star mergers and implication to neutrino physics
• On constructing horizontal branch models
• Presupernova neutrinos: realistic emissivities from stellar evolution
• Sensitivity of Super-Kamiokande with Gadolinium to Low Energy Anti-neutrinos from Pre-supernova Emission
• WDEC - A code for modeling white dwarf structure and pulsations
• Neutrino spectrum from the pair-annihilation process in the hot stellar plasma
• CNO Solar Neutrinos in Next-Generation Dark Matter Experiments
• Neutrino Losses in Type I Thermonuclear X-ray Bursts: An Improved Nuclear Energy Generation Approximation
• Solar Neutrinos from CNO Electron Capture
• Nuclear Statistical Equilibrium neutrino spectrum
• The photo-neutrino process in astrophysical systems
• The Impact of White Dwarf Luminosity Profiles on Oscillation Frequencies
• Differential Neutrino Rates and Emissivities from the Plasma Process in Astrophysical Systems
• Plasmaneutrino spectrum
• Burst Neutrinos from Nitrogen Flash
• Universes without the Weak Force: Astrophysical Processes with Stable Neutrons
• Neutrino Spectra from Nuclear Weak Interactions in $sd$-Shell Nuclei Under Astrophysical Conditions
• Laminar Flame Speeds in Degenerate Oxygen-Neon Mixtures

Cited by in corpus (17)

• Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Time-Dependent Convection, Energy Conservation, Automatic Differentiation, and Infrastructure
• Horizons: Nuclear Astrophysics in the 2020s and Beyond
• Presupernova neutrinos: directional sensitivity and prospects for progenitor identification
• Imprint of planet formation in the deep interior of the Sun
• Evidence of a signature of planet formation processes from solar neutrino fluxes
• Observational predictions for Thorne-Żytkow objects
• On The Impact Of 22Ne On The Pulsation Periods Of Carbon-Oxygen White Dwarfs With Helium Dominated Atmospheres
• Neutrinos from explosive transients at the dawn of multi-messenger astronomy
• An Expanded Set of Los Alamos OPLIB Tables in MESA: Type-1 Rosseland-mean Opacities and Solar Models
• Stellar Neutrino Emission Across The Mass-Metallicity Plane
• Measuring solar neutrinos over Gigayear timescales with Paleo Detectors
• Observational Signatures of Carbon-Oxygen White Dwarf Merger Remnants
• The neutrino emission from thermal processes in very massive stars in the local universe
• Neutrinos and Asteroseismology of Stars over the Helium Flash
• Neutrinos from stars in the Milky Way
• Neutrino transport with Monte Carlo method: II. Quantum Kinetic Equations
• Detection horizon for the neutrino burst from the stellar helium flash