Full Transport General Relativistic Radiation Magnetohydrodynamics for Nucleosynthesis in Collapsars
Abstract
We model a compact black hole-accretion disk system in the collapsar scenario with full transport, frequency dependent, general relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamics. We examine whether or not winds from a collapsar disk can undergo rapid neutron capture (r-process) nucleosynthesis and significantly contribute to solar r-process abundances. We find the inclusion of accurate transport has significant effects on outflows, raising the electron fraction above ${Y}_{{\rm{e}}}\sim 0.3$ and preventing third-peak r-process material from being synthesized. We analyze the time evolution of neutrino processes and electron fraction in the disk and present a simple one-dimensional model for the vertical structure that emerges. We compare our simulation to semi-analytic expectations and argue that accurate neutrino transport and realistic initial and boundary conditions are required to capture the dynamics and nucleosynthetic outcome of a collapsar.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- October 2020
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1912.03378
- Bibcode:
- 2020ApJ...902...66M
- Keywords:
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- Gamma-ray sources;
- Astrophysical black holes;
- R-process;
- Supernova neutrinos;
- Relativistic disks;
- Relativistic fluid dynamics;
- Core-collapse supernovae;
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- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
- E-Print:
- 19 pages, 22 figures. Accepted in ApJ