Detecting the Supernova Breakout Burst in Terrestrial Neutrino Detectors

A paper describing research on how well current and near-future neutrino detectors could detect the neutrino breakout burst of a nearby supernova.

Joshua Wallace et al. The Astrophysical Journal Link to article page (open access)

Article Description

Core-collapse supernovae are profuse emitters of tiny particles called neutrinos. We calculate how well neutrino detectors on Earth would be able to detect a specific feature in the neutrino emission from a nearby supernova, the “breakout burst.” For this project, I created a Monte Carlo code to simulate detection of the breakout burst across a variety of neutrino detector types and at a variety of supernova distances.