νbhlight: Radiation GRMHD for Neutrino-driven Accretion Flows

Miller, Jonah Maxwell; Ryan, Ben. Ransom; Dolence, Joshua C.

doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab09fc

Title: ν`bhlight`: Radiation GRMHD for Neutrino-driven Accretion Flows

Journal Article · Fri Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · The Astrophysical Journal. Supplement Series (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ab09fc· OSTI ID:1511260

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

The 2017 detection of the in-spiral and merger of two neutron stars was a landmark discovery in astrophysics. We now know that such mergers are central engines of short gamma-ray bursts and sites of r-process nucleosynthesis, where the heaviest elements in our universe are formed. In the coming years, we expect many more such mergers. Modeling such systems presents a significant computational challenge along with the observational one. To meet this challenge, we present $$\nu {\mathtt{bhlight}}$$, a scheme for solving general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics with energy-dependent neutrino transport in full (3 + 1) dimensions, facilitated by Monte Carlo methods. We present a suite of tests demonstrating the accuracy, efficacy, and necessity of our scheme. Here, we demonstrate the potential of our scheme by running a sample calculation in a domain of interest—the dynamics and composition of the accretion disk formed by a binary neutron star merger.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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OSTI ID:: 1511260

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-19-20336

Journal Information:: The Astrophysical Journal. Supplement Series (Online), Vol. 241, Issue 2; ISSN 1538-4365

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