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most citedCollisional and Fast Neutrino Flavor Instabilities in Two-dimensional Core-collapse Supernova Simulation with Boltzmann Neutrino Transport

40 citations · 181 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

A Diagnostic Method for Proto-Neutron Star Magnetic Fields by Supernova Fallback Neutrinos

Akihiro Inoue, Yudai Suwa, Ryuichiro Akaho +3

Young isolated neutron stars exhibit a wide range of magnetic field strengths. To understand the origin of this diversity, it is important to observationally constrain magnetic fie…

astro-ph.HE2026

Momentum Space Resolution Dependence in Boltzmann Neutrino Radiation Hydrodynamics Simulations of Core-collapse Supernovae

Ryuichiro Akaho

Finite momentum space resolution is a primary source of uncertainty in solving the Boltzmann equation with the discrete-ordinates method. In this paper, the momentum space resoluti…

astro-ph.HE2026

Numerical Studies of Accretion Flows onto a Neutron Star Engulfed in a Massive Star

Daiyu Sakurai, Ryuichiro Akaho, Shoichi Yamada

Massive stars commonly form binaries that can evolve into compact systems via common envelope evolution (CEE), a critical but poorly understood phase -- especially when the compani…

astro-ph.HE2026

Comprehensive neutrino light curves and spectra: from pre-supernova evolution to early supernova phase

Chinami Kato, Hiroki Nagakura, Akira Ito +4

We present the first systematic study of neutrino emissions from massive stars, continuously tracking the late evolutionary stages through the early core-collapse supernova phase.…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 5 cited

Bifurcated Impact of Neutrino Fast Flavor Conversion on Core-collapse Supernovae Informed by Multi-angle Neutrino Radiation Hydrodynamics

Ryuichiro Akaho, Hiroki Nagakura, Wakana Iwakami +6

In this {\it Letter}, we present a compelling and robust argument for the roles of neutrino fast flavor conversion (FFC) in the explosion mechanism of core-collapse supernova (CCSN…

astro-ph.HE2025

A Dual-Resolution Prescription in the Method for Boltzmann Neutrino Transport I: Proof of Principle and the Resolution of Collision Term

Akira Ito, Ryuichiro Akaho, Hiroki Nagakura +1

We propose a dual-resolution prescription meant for the Boltzmann neutrino transport, in which the advection and collision terms are calculated with different angular resolutions i…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 9 cited

Comparative Testing of Subgrid Models for Fast Neutrino Flavor Conversions in Core-collapse Supernova Simulations

Ryuichiro Akaho, Hiroki Nagakura, Shoichi Yamada

We investigate key methodologies of Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook subgrid modeling for neutrino fast flavor conversions (FFC) in core-collapse supernova based on spherically symmetric Bolt…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Asymmetric emissions of neutrinos in the cooling of rotating proto-neutron stars

Laura Barrio, Kotaro Fujisawa, Ryuichiro Akaho +2

We evaluate global asymmetry in the luminosities of neutrinos emitted from rapidly-rotating proto-neutron stars (PNS's). We build axisymmetric models of PNS's in mechanical equilib…

astro-ph.HE2025

Observing Supernova Neutrino Light Curves with Super-Kamiokande.VI. A Practical Data Analysis Technique Considering Realistic Experimental Backgrounds

Fumi Nakanishi, Ken'ichiro Nakazato, Masayuki Harada +9

Neutrinos from supernovae, especially those emitted during the late phase of core collapse, are essential for understanding the final stages of massive star evolution. We have been…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

Neutrino Constraints on Black Hole Formation in M31

Yudai Suwa, Ryuichiro Akaho, Yosuke Ashida +9

We investigate neutrino signals associated with black hole formation resulting from the gravitational collapse of massive stars, motivated by the candidate failed supernova M31-201…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 11 cited

Quasi-steady evolution of fast neutrino-flavor conversions

Jiabao Liu, Hiroki Nagakura, Masamichi Zaizen +3

In astrophysical environments such as core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) and binary neutron star mergers (BNSMs), neutrinos potentially experience substantial flavor mixing due to th…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 4 cited

Impacts of Black-Hole-Forming Supernova Explosions on the Diffuse Neutrino Background

Ken'ichiro Nakazato, Ryuichiro Akaho, Yosuke Ashida +1

Flux spectrum, event rate, and experimental sensitivity are investigated for the diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB), which originates from past stellar collapses and is a…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 3 cited

Observing Supernova Neutrino Light Curves with Super-Kamiokande. V. Distance Estimation with Neutrinos

Yudai Suwa, Akira Harada, Masamitsu Mori +7

Neutrinos are pivotal signals in multi-messenger observations of supernovae (SNe). Recent advancements in the analysis method of supernova (SN) neutrinos, especially in quantitativ…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 36 cited

Universality of the Neutrino Collisional Flavor Instability in Core Collapse Supernovae

Jiabao Liu, Hiroki Nagakura, Ryuichiro Akaho +3

Neutrinos are known to undergo flavor conversion processes among the three flavors. The fast flavor conversion (FFC) has been the central piece of flavor conversions taking place i…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 40 cited

Collisional and Fast Neutrino Flavor Instabilities in Two-dimensional Core-collapse Supernova Simulation with Boltzmann Neutrino Transport

Ryuichiro Akaho, Jiabao Liu, Hiroki Nagakura +2

We present a comprehensive study on the occurrences of the collisional flavor instability (CFI) and the fast flavor instability (FFI) of neutrinos based on a two-dimensional (2D) c…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 9 cited

Detectability of Late-time Supernova Neutrinos with Fallback Accretion onto Protoneutron star

Ryuichiro Akaho, Hiroki Nagakura, Thierry Foglizzo

We investigate the late-time neutrino emission powered by fallback mass accretion onto proto-neutron star (PNS), using neutrino radiation-hydrodynamic simulations with full Boltzma…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 31 cited

Protoneutron Star Convection Simulated with a New General Relativistic Boltzmann Neutrino Radiation-Hydrodynamics Code

Ryuichiro Akaho, Akira Harada, Hiroki Nagakura +6

We investigate the protoneutron star (PNS) convection using our newly developed general relativistic Boltzmann neutrino radiation-hydrodynamics code. This is a pilot study for more…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 9 cited

Principal-Axis Analysis of the Eddington Tensor for the Early Post-Bounce Phase of Rotational Core-Collapse Supernovae

Wakana Iwakami, Akira Harada, Hiroki Nagakura +6

Using full Boltzmann neutrino transport, we performed two-dimensional (2D) core-collapse supernova simulations in axisymmetry for two progenitor models with 11.2M and 15.0M both ro…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 21 cited

Multidimensional Boltzmann Neutrino Transport Code in Full General Relativity for Core-collapse Simulations

Ryuichiro Akaho, Akira Harada, Hiroki Nagakura +6

We develop a neutrino transfer code for core-collapse simulations, that directly solves the multidimensional Boltzmann equations in full general relativity. We employ the discrete…