Quasithermal GeV neutrinos from neutron-loaded magnetized outflows in core-collapse supernovae: spectra and light curves ...

• Main Authors: Carpio, Jose Alonso, Ekanger, Nick, Bhattacharya, Mukul, Murase, Kohta, Horiuchi, Shunsaku
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2023
• Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena astro-ph.HE; Solar and Stellar Astrophysics astro-ph.SR; High Energy Physics - Phenomenology hep-ph; FOS Physical sciences; Orca
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2310.16823; https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.16823

Rapidly rotating and strongly magnetized protoneutron stars (PNSs) created in core-collapse supernovae can drive relativistic magnetized winds. Ions and neutrons can be co-accelerated while they remain coupled through elastic collisions. We investigate the nucleosynthesis and subsequent nuclear disintegration, and find that relativistic neutrons can be generated in such magnetized winds. Upon eventual decoupling, resulting inelastic collisions with ejecta lead to pion production, resulting in $0.1-10\,{\rm GeV}$ neutrinos. Following this scenario presented in Murase, Dasgupta & Thompson, Phys. Rev. D, 89, 043012 (2014), we numerically calculate the spectra and light curves of quasithermal neutrino emission and find that power-law tails are formed without cosmic-ray acceleration. In the event of a Galactic supernova, $\sim 10-1000$ neutrino events could be detected with Hyper-Kamiokande, KM3Net-ORCA and IceCube-Upgrade for PNSs with surface magnetic field $B_{\rm dip}\sim 10^{13-15}\,{\rm G}$ and initial ... : 11 pages ...