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Dirac neutrino magnetic moment and the shock wave revival in a supernova explosion

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-08-22 v2 Astrophysics

Abstract

The process of the two-step conversion of the neutrino helicity, νLνRνL\nu_L \to \nu_R \to \nu_L, is analysed in the supernova conditions, where the first stage is realized due to the interaction of the neutrino magnetic moment with the plasma electrons and protons in the supernova core. The second stage is caused by the neutrino resonant spin-flip in a magnetic field of the supernova envelope. Given the neutrino magnetic moment within the interval 1013μB<μν<1012μB10^{-13} \mu_{\rm B} < \mu_\nu < 10^{-12} \mu_{\rm B}, and with the existence of the magnetic field at the scale 1013\sim 10^{13} G between the neutrinosphere and the shock-wave stagnation region, it is shown that an additional energy of the order of 105110^{51} erg can be injected into this region during the typical time of the shock-wave stagnation. This energy could be sufficient for stumulation of the damped shock wave.

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@article{arxiv.0804.1916,
  title  = {Dirac neutrino magnetic moment and the shock wave revival in a supernova explosion},
  author = {A. V. Kuznetsov and N. V. Mikheev and A. A. Okrugin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.1916},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

6 pages, LaTeX, 2 PS figures, based on the talk presented by N.V. Mikheev at the XV International Seminar Quarks'2008, Sergiev Posad, Moscow Region, May 23-29, 2008, to appear in the Proceedings