Constraints on Dirac Neutrinos from SN 1987A
Astrophysics
2009-10-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
The Livermore Supernova Explosion Code was used to calculate the effect of a massive Dirac neutrino on neutrino emission from SN 1987A in a fully self-consistent manner. Spin-flip interactions lead to the copious emission of sterile, right-handed neutrinos and cool the core faster than the observed neutrino emission time for Dirac masses exceeding about 3keV. This limit is relaxed to keV if pion emission processes in the core are neglected. These limits are compared with the previous less stringent limits of Burrows et al.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9301005,
title = {Constraints on Dirac Neutrinos from SN 1987A},
author = {R. Mayle and D. N. Schramm and M. S. Turner and J. Wilson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9301005},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 5 Figures (available on request), FERMILAB-Pub-92/381-A