# A New Monte Carlo Method for Time-dependent Neutrino Radiation Transport

## Author(s): Abdikamalov, Ernazar; Burrows, Adam S; Ott, Christian D; Löffler, Frank; O Connor, Evan; et al

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dc.contributor.authorAbdikamalov, Ernazar-
dc.contributor.authorOtt, Christian D-
dc.contributor.authorLöffler, Frank-
dc.contributor.authorO Connor, Evan-
dc.contributor.authorDolence, Joshua C-
dc.contributor.authorSchnetter, Erik-
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-10T19:32:12Z-
dc.date.available2019-04-10T19:32:12Z-
dc.date.issued2012-08-20en_US
dc.identifier.citationAbdikamalov, Ernazar, Burrows, Adam, Ott, Christian D, Löffler, Frank, O Connor, Evan, Dolence, Joshua C, Schnetter, Erik. (2012). A New Monte Carlo Method for Time-dependent Neutrino Radiation Transport. apj, 755 (111 - 111. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/755/2/111en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1vh8b-
dc.description.abstractMonte Carlo approaches to radiation transport have several attractive properties such as simplicity of implementation, high accuracy, and good parallel scaling. Moreover, Monte Carlo methods can handle complicated geometries and are relatively easy to extend to multiple spatial dimensions, which makes them potentially interesting in modeling complex multi-dimensional astrophysical phenomena such as core-collapse supernovae. The aim of this paper is to explore Monte Carlo methods for modeling neutrino transport in core-collapse supernovae. We generalize the Implicit Monte Carlo photon transport scheme of Fleck & Cummings and gray discrete-diffusion scheme of Densmore et al. to energy-, time-, and velocity-dependent neutrino transport. Using our 1D spherically-symmetric implementation, we show that, similar to the photon transport case, the implicit scheme enables significantly larger timesteps compared with explicit time discretization, without sacrificing accuracy, while the discrete-diffusion method leads to significant speed-ups at high optical depth. Our results suggest that a combination of spectral, velocity-dependent, Implicit Monte Carlo and discrete-diffusion Monte Carlo methods represents a robust approach for use in neutrino transport calculations in core-collapse supernovae. Our velocity-dependent scheme can easily be adapted to photon transport.en_US
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dc.relation.ispartofAstrophysical Journalen_US
dc.rightsFinal published version. This is an open access article.en_US
dc.titleA New Monte Carlo Method for Time-dependent Neutrino Radiation Transporten_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1088/0004-637X/755/2/111-
dc.date.eissued2012-08-01en_US
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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