Particle-in-cell Simulation of the Neutrino Fast Flavor Instability

Simulation output data from a particle-in-cell model investigating neutrino fast flavor instability. The dataset includes input parameters and timestamped output from a fiducial simulation, along with reduction and plotting scripts. Sherwood Richers from UC Berkeley produced this data using version 1.1 of the Emu simulation code.

Use Cases

• Validate neutrino transport models based on the provided particle-in-cell simulation data.
• Analyze time-series evolution of neutrino flavor instability based on timestamped output directories.
• Reproduce figures from the associated paper using the included data reduction and plotting scripts.
• Benchmark other simulation codes against the test problems (MSW, bipolar, homogeneous FFI, inhomogeneous FFI) described.

Strengths

• Includes input parameters and output data for a fiducial simulation, enabling reproducibility.
• Comes with data reduction and plotting scripts used in the published paper.
• Test problem inputs are part of the Emu code's test suite, suggesting validation.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data structure and scale require manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of California, Berkeley

Collection Method

Generated using the Emu particle-in-cell simulation code (v1.1).