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Thermalization of Neutrinos in a Neutron Star Merger Simulation
Mark G. Alford, Liam Brodie, Francois Foucart +1
We study the neutrino distributions that arise in a simulation of a neutron star merger that uses a Monte Carlo (MC) neutrino transport scheme. In a snapshot taken 1 ms after merge…
Thermal and Magnetic effects on Bulk Viscosity in Binary Neutron Star Mergers
Pranjal Tambe, Debarati Chatterjee, Mark Alford +1
Astrophysical scenarios such as binary neutron star mergers, protoneutron stars, and core-collapse supernovae involve finite temperatures and strong magnetic fields. Previous studi…
Neutrino absorption in two-flavor color-superconducting quark matter
Mark G. Alford, Liam Brodie, Michael Buballa +3
We calculate the absorption mean free paths of electron and muon neutrinos in two-flavor color-superconducting (2SC) quark matter in the density and temperature range that is relev…
Building Neutron Stars with the MUSES Calculation Engine
Mateus Reinke Pelicer, Nikolas Cruz-Camacho, Carlos Conde +25
Exploring the equation of state of dense matter is an essential part of interpreting the observable properties of neutron stars. We present here the first results for dense matter…
Effect of Magnetic Fields on Urca Rates in Neutron Star Mergers
Pranjal Tambe, Debarati Chatterjee, Mark Alford +1
Isospin-equilibrating weak processes, called ``Urca" processes, are of fundamental importance in astrophysical environments like (proto-)neutron stars, neutron star mergers, and su…
Beyond modified Urca: the nucleon width approximation for flavor-changing processes in dense matter
Mark G. Alford, Alexander Haber, Ziyuan Zhang
Flavor-changing charged current ("Urca") processes are of central importance in the astrophysics of neutron stars. Standard calculations approximate the Urca rate as the sum of two…