Speaker
Manuel Izquierdo
(Universitat de les Illes Balears)
Description
Accurate modeling of neutrino transport plays a crucial role in understanding astrophysical phenomena such as core-collapse supernovae and neutron star mergers. In this seminar we will review two popular methods for approximating the seven-dimensional Boltzmann equation: the truncated momentum formalism (M1 scheme) and Monte-Carlo (MC) algorithms. Then we present the Guided Moment (GM) formalism, which combines efficiently both methods to capture accurately both optically thick and thin limits. A comparison between the three schemes (GM, M1, MC) will demonstrate the tremendous potential of the GM formalism.
