Active-Sterile Neutrino Transformation and r-Process Nucleosynthesis
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
The type II supernova is considered as a candidate site for the production of heavy elements. Since the supernova produces an intense neutrino flux, neutrino scattering processes will impact element formation. We examine active-sterile neutrino conversion in this environment and find that it may help to produce the requisite neutron-to-seed ratio for synthesis of the r-process elements.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0008211,
title = {Active-Sterile Neutrino Transformation and r-Process Nucleosynthesis},
author = {G. C. McLaughlin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0008211},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages including 2 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the Conference on the Intersections of Nuclear and Particle Physics 2000