Supplemental material for "Supernova Neutrino Decoupling Is Altered by Flavor Conversion" (arXiv:2206.00676)
Authors: Shashank Shalgar and Irene Tamborra
In the following animations, the panels on the left show the evolution of $\rho_{ee}$ and $\bar{\rho}_{ee}$ in the plane spanned by $r$ and $\cos\theta$ as functions of the simulation time. The panels on the right display the difference between $\rho_{ee}$ and $\bar{\rho}_{ee}$ with and without flavor transformation. In the initial part of the simulation (first $10^{-4}$ s), flavor conversion is switched off. Once the steady state is reached, we switch on flavor conversion.
Evolution of $\rho_{ee}$ and $\bar{\rho}_{ee}$ without neutrino mixing for the first $10^{-4}$ s (until the steady state is reached). Then, neutrino flavor conversion is switched on for the next $5 \times 10^{-5}$ s.
Evolution of $\rho_{ee}$ and $\bar{\rho}_{ee}$ without neutrino transformation for the first $10^{-4}$ s (until the steady state is reached; same as in the movies above). Then, neutrino flavor conversion is switched on for the next $5 \times 10^{-5}$ s, but the advection and collision terms in the Hamiltonian are switched off. By comparing these movies with the ones above, one can appreciate the dynamical effects of advection and collisions on flavor conversion.
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