Neutrino opacity in magnetised hot and dense nuclear matter
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We study the neutrino interaction rates in hot matter at high densities in the presence of uniform magnetic field. The neutrino cross-sections involving both the charged current absorption and neutral current scattering reactions on baryons and leptons have been considered. We have in particular considered the interesting case when the magnetic field is strong enough to completely polarise the protons and electrons in supernovae and neutron stars. The opacity in such a situation is considerably modified and the cross-section develops anisotropy. This has implications for phenomenon invoked in the literature to explain the observed pulsar kicks.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0109057,
title = {Neutrino opacity in magnetised hot and dense nuclear matter},
author = {Deepak Chandra and Ashok Goyal and Kanupriya Goswami},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0109057},
year = {2009}
}
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22 latex pages and 7 postscript figures