Cumulative Parity Violation in Supernovae
Astrophysics
2009-10-30 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
Supernovae provide a unique opportunity for large scale parity violation because they are dominated by neutrinos. We calculate the parity violating asymmetry A of neutrino emission in a strong magnetic field. We assume the neutrinos elastically scatter many times from slightly polarized neutrons. Because of multple interactions, A grows with the optical thickness of the proto-neutron star and may be much larger than previous estimates. As a result, the neutron star could recoil at a significant velocity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9705126,
title = {Cumulative Parity Violation in Supernovae},
author = {C. J. Horowitz and Gang Li},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9705126},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages 1 included ps figure