Prospects for Pre-supernova Neutrino Observation in Future Large Liquid-scintillator Detectors

Hui-Ling Li, Yu-Feng Li, Liang-Jian Wen +1

Before massive stars heavier than $(8\cdots 10)$ solar masses evolve to the phase of a gravitational core collapse, they will emit a huge number of MeV-energy neutrinos that are m…