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Astrobites post


Abstract and intro


  • Seek to better understand BH-accretion disk systems
  • This includes the spin rate and how might that spin rate be affected by neutrino emission

Collapsers


  • Stars massive enough that there is no TII-SNe, instead a direct collapse to a BH
  • This leaves behind the BH with a disk of material which can power strong jets
  • This can prove to be the source of the long duration GrBs

Neutrino Cooling


  • Jets are powered by the spin of the central BH and B field strength
  • For GrBs to be produce the accretion disk needs to be in a MAD state.
  • Neutrinos are thought to be a source of `cooling’ or reduction of energy from the systems, as they are produced in the core during collapses and can easily escape, drawing energy away from the system
  • This paper proposes the effects of this neutrino cooling on the system
  • Authors model two versions, one with constant density, and one with a `power slope radius,’ meaning that density various with radius. This affects accretion rates and shows that faster spinning systems accrete slower
  • Accretion rates also play a key part in neutrino rate emission efficiency
  • Slower spinning BHs lead to weaker jets, leading to the BH being kicked out of the MAD faster, leading to shorter and fainter GrBs
  • Neutrino cooling doesn’t affect the cooling rate directly, instead effecting other things, such as the magnetic field(????)