Proto-neutron star evolution with improved charged-current neutrino-nucleon interactions
arXiv:2201.01955 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stac016
Abstract
We perform simulations of the Kelvin-Helmholtz cooling phase of proto-neutron stars with a new numerical code in spherical symmetry and using the quasi-static approximation. We use for the first time the full set of charged-current neutrino-nucleon reactions, including neutron decay and modified Urca processes, together with the energy-dependent numerical representation for the inclusion of nuclear correlations with random-phase approximation. Moreover, convective motions are taken into account within the mixing-length theory. As we vary the assumptions for computing neutrino-nucleon reaction rates, we show that the dominant effect on the cooling timescale, neutrino signal and composition of the neutrino-driven wind comes from the inclusion of convective motion. Computation of nuclear correlations within the random phase approximation, as compared to mean field approach, has a relatively small impact.
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