Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Neutrino Scattering in Heterogeneous High Dense Media

Journal Article · Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905137· OSTI ID:21136833

Caballero, O L ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Nuclear Theory Center, Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405 (United States)

The dynamics of core-collapse supernovae is sensitive to neutrino scattering. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we calculated ion static structure factors and neutrino mean free paths. We simulated the stellar medium as composed in one case by single ion specie, and in the other by a mixture of ions. For the heterogeneous plasma we used two different models and systematically found the neutrino mean free path is shorter for an ion mixture.

• OSTI ID: 21136833
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 991, Issue 1; Conference: 34. annual day of scientific lectures and 30. annual meeting: 2007 joint annual conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists, Boston, MA (United States), 21-24 Feb 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2905137; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
IONS
MEAN FREE PATH
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHOD
NEUTRINO REACTIONS
NEUTRINOS
NEUTRON STARS
PLASMA
SCATTERING
STRUCTURE FACTORS
SUPERNOVAE