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Neutrino-pair bremsstrahlung from nucleon-$\alpha$ versus nucleon-nucleon scattering

Nuclear Theory 2015-06-23 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

We study the impact of the nucleon-α\alpha P-wave resonances on neutrino-pair bremsstrahlung. Because of the non-central spin-orbit interaction, these resonances lead to an enhanced contribution to the nucleon spin structure factor for temperatures T4T \lesssim 4 MeV. If the α\alpha-particle fraction is significant and the temperature is in this range, this contribution is competitive with neutron-neutron bremsstrahlung. This may be relevant for neutrino production in core-collapse supernovae or other dense astrophysical environments. Similar enhancements are expected for resonant non-central nucleon-nucleus interactions.

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@article{arxiv.1411.3266,
  title  = {Neutrino-pair bremsstrahlung from nucleon-$\alpha$ versus nucleon-nucleon scattering},
  author = {Rishi Sharma and Sonia Bacca and Achim Schwenk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.3266},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures