Comment on "Ponderomotive force due to neutrinos"
Plasma Physics
2008-11-26 v2 Astrophysics
Abstract
The derivation of the ponderomotive force due to neutrinos by Hardy and Melrose, Phys.Rev.D v.54, p.6491 (1996) is based on a flawed analysis of the ponderomotive force concept. Their conclusions also contain an erroneous physical assumption related to the neutrino emission in supernovae. A correct analysis shows the importance of the ponderomotive force due to neutrinos in type II supernovae explosions.
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@article{arxiv.physics/9807050,
title = {Comment on "Ponderomotive force due to neutrinos"},
author = {L. O. Silva and R. Bingham and J. M. Dawson and P. K. Shukla and N. L. Tsintsadze and J. T. Mendonca},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9807050},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
3 pages, RevTeX, minor changes, to appear in Phys.Rev. D (1999)