Project description
Shedding light on neutrinos in compact astrophysical sources
Neutrinos, feebly interacting particles copiously produced in compact astrophysical sources, come in three flavours: electron, muon and tau. The neutrinos change flavours during their propagation. Because of the complex conditions in the core of supernovae or compact binary mergers, our understanding of neutrino physics in these sources is preliminary. Yet, neutrinos are the main drivers behind supernova explosions and the synthesis of the elements heavier than iron. Funded by the European Research Council, the ANET project aims at solving one of the most urgent riddles in modern astrophysics: how neutrinos affect the physics of spectacular cosmic fireworks in the death of massive stars as core-collapse supernova explosions and in the merger of two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole.
Objective
This project aims at solving one of the most urgent riddles in particle astrophysics: how neutrinos affect the physics of spectacular cosmic fireworks in the death of massive stars as core-collapse supernova explosions and in the merger of two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole. Neutrinos are feebly interacting particles copiously produced in these dense sources. Neutrinos exist in three different kinds, or flavors, and have the fascinating property of changing their flavor while propagating (flavor conversion). Because of the high density of neutrinos in the core of supernovae or compact binary mergers, flavor conversion becomes a non-linear phenomenon, whose understanding is quite preliminary. In particular, a fully multi-dimensional solution of quantum transport of neutrinos is lacking, halting any assessment of the implications and phenomenology of flavor mixing. I propose the ambitious ANET (Advanced NEutrino Transport) project to: 1. develop an innovative approach to tackle neutrino transport in the presence of flavor conversion in multi-dimensions including all the relevant microphysics, for the first time; 2. pioneer a conclusive evaluation of the yet poorly explored impact of neutrinos in dense sources; 3. unravel the relevance of neutrino mixing with respect to other astrophysical unknowns. Numerical simulations buttressed by analytic diagnostic methods will be employed to radically advance our understanding. ANET promises to have profound implications on fundamental physics, the origin of the heavy elements, as well as our comprehension of the behavior of matter at extreme densities and the physics of neutrino-dense sources.
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- natural sciences physical sciences theoretical physics particle physics neutrinos
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- natural sciences physical sciences astronomy stellar astronomy supernova
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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1165 KOBENHAVN
Denmark
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