SIMULATION: Collective Mode Active SUPERNOVA CORE: R < 150 km
νe (Electron)
νx (μ/τ Mix)
Astrophysical Controls T = 0.85s post-bounce
Core Density (ρ): 1.20e11 g/cm³
Collective Self-Coupling (μ): 0.85
Initial Electron Fraction (Ye): 0.45
As neutrinos burst from the collapsed stellar core, density-dependent matter potentials (MSW effect) and neutrino-neutrino forward scattering induce non-linear flavor synchronization and rapid quantum swapping.
Oscillation Telemetry Resonant Swapping
P(νe → νe) SURVIVAL
0.412
P(νe → νx) CONVERSION
0.588
DOMINANT REGIME
muon_tau_mix
OSC. FREQUENCY
142.5 Hz
Flavor Partition Profile νe: 41.2% | νx: 58.8%
Quantum Survival Mechanics: When self-coupling exceeds the critical MSW gradient, neutrinos synchronize flavor precession vectors (Bipolar Oscillations), driving complete or partial flavor inversion.
Source reference: Ars Technica Science • Core collapse physics & quantum kinetics.

Illustrative flavor probabilities and model limits

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The actual source uses an illustrative fixture-based flavor partition, not a quantum kinetic neutrino solver. Its electron fraction starts from zero point four one two and adds linear changes in density, coupling and electron-fraction control. It clamps between zero point zero five and zero point nine five, then rounds to three decimals. These graphs show the underlying unrounded expression. Fix coupling at zero point five and electron-fraction input at zero point five. Increase the source density control from ten to five hundred. The electron probability expression rises linearly from zero point three seven zero five to zero point seven six two five. The complementary fraction is one minus it and falls by the same amount. Both curves use one common probability scale. Neither reaches the clamps in this sweep, and these settings avoid the special fixture branch. The two underlying fractions sum to one. This illustrates the sensitivity built into the authored formula, not an astrophysical prediction. The source computes a resonance factor but never uses it in this probability calculation. Its animated particles and stage labels do not prove a solved resonance or physical time evolution. Now fix density at one hundred and electron-fraction input at zero point five. Change only the coupling control. In this example the underlying electron probability is zero point five one seven five minus zero point one five times coupling. The other fraction is its complement. All displayed curves are before the page’s three-decimal rounding. Increase coupling from zero to one. Electron fraction decreases from zero point five one seven five to zero point three six seven five. The complementary fraction increases. The opposite slopes come directly from the source coefficient negative zero point one five, not a derived many-neutrino interaction model. The graph keeps the same vertical probability scale throughout. These values stay within the source clamps and away from the specially locked fixture. The source also shows a frequency label, but the particle refresh is tied to animation frames rather than calibrated physical hertz. At the special fixture the locked frequency differs from the general expression; these teaching curves intentionally concern the probability arithmetic only. For the final comparison fix density at one hundred and coupling at zero point five. Vary the electron-fraction input from zero to one. The underlying electron probability is zero point five zero two five minus zero point one two times this input. This control is a parameter of the illustrative expression, distinct from the output electron probability. Increase the electron-fraction input from zero to one. The output electron fraction falls from zero point five zero two five to zero point three eight two five. Its complement rises. The slope is negative zero point one two from the actual source. This is a separate fixed-parameter comparison, not a measurement of supernova matter or a physical trajectory through a stellar core. All three scenes expose the formula’s selected sensitivities and limitations. The special fixture, rounding, unused resonance factor and frame-based particles mean the page should be interpreted as an illustrative partition explorer. The video preserves its original controls and exports while avoiding claims of a genuine neutrino oscillation or quantum kinetic solution.

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