Energy-dependent slow collective flavor conversion of supernova neutrinos

arXiv:2608.26847 · astro-ph.HE, hep-ph · Submitted 2026-08-27 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-08-27

Updated: 2026-08-27

Terminology

• Benchmark — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Homogeneity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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