Special Seminar

Special Seminar

323 Whitmore Lab

2024-07-23

Authur Offermans (KU Leuven) will give a special seminar talk entitled: A general-relativistic full Boltzmann solver based on the finite volume method

Simulations of astrophysical systems where neutrinos play a significant role, like core-collapse supernovae, would ideally solve the neutrino transport equation fully, i.e. solve the full Boltzmann equation. Because of its very high computational cost (6+1D), simulations generally rely on approximations of the equation that are more affordable. It is however difficult to estimate what is lost through these approximations and their impact on the system if we do not have access to a full solution. Therefore, we developed a multidimensional full Boltzmann solver based on the Finite Volume method within the GRMHD simulation code Gmunu. We will present our solver, discuss some of the challenges related to a full Boltzmann solver and show the performance of our solver on some first test cases.

Schedule for Special Seminar
Time	Speaker	Title
11:00	Arthur Offermans	A general-relativistic full Boltzmann solver based on the finite volume method

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