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Direct computation of inelastic photon-neutrino processes in the Standard Model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-31 v1 Astrophysics

Abstract

In this paper, we compute the Standard Model polarized amplitudes and cross sections of the processes γνγγν\gamma\nu\to\gamma\gamma \nu, γγγννˉ\gamma\gamma \to \gamma\nu\bar\nu and ννˉγγγ\nu\bar\nu \to \gamma\gamma\gamma, for centre-of-mass energies ω\omega within the range of validity of the Fermi theory. By using a large electron-mass expansion of the exact result, we also derive the first correction term to the effective, low-energy (ω<me\omega < m_e) formula for γνγγν\gamma\nu\to\gamma\gamma \nu. Finally, we discuss possible astrophysical implications of our results and provide simple fits to the exact expressions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9808294,
  title  = {Direct computation of inelastic photon-neutrino processes in the Standard Model},
  author = {A. Abada and J. Matias and R. Pittau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9808294},
  year   = {2009}
}

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19 pages, 3 Postscript figures, uses axodraw.sty