Neutrinos from supernovae
In a recent publication in Physical Review D, HITS researchers Friedrich Röpke and Sebastian Ohlmann were part of a team around Warren Wright from North Carolina State University to compare the neutrino output of different scenarios of Type Ia supernovae. These are explosions of white dwarf stars; however, the detailed progenitor systems and explosion mechanisms remain elusive. In this paper, neutrino signals for future neutrino detectors are computed and corresponding observations will help to discriminate between the different scenarios.
This work was reported as a research highlight in Nature.
Publication: Wright, W. P., Kneller, J. P., Ohlmann, S. T., Röpke, F. K., Scholberg, K., & Seitenzahl, I. R. (2017):
Neutrinos from type Ia supernovae: The gravitationally confined detonation scenario,
Phys. Rev. D, 95, 043006
About HITS
HITS, the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, was established in 2010 by physicist and SAP co-founder Klaus Tschira (1940-2015) and the Klaus Tschira Foundation as a private, non-profit research institute. HITS conducts basic research in the natural, mathematical, and computer sciences. Major research directions include complex simulations across scales, making sense of data, and enabling science via computational research. Application areas range from molecular biology to astrophysics. An essential characteristic of the Institute is interdisciplinarity, implemented in numerous cross-group and cross-disciplinary projects. The base funding of HITS is provided by the Klaus Tschira Foundation.
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