English

Neutrino self-interaction and MSW effects on the supernova neutrino-process

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2023-11-02 v2 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

We calculate the abundances of 7^{7}Li, 11^{11}B, 92^{92}Nb, 98^{98}Tc, 138^{138}La, and 180^{180}Ta produced by neutrino (ν)(\nu) induced reactions in a core-collapse supernova explosion. We consider the modification by ν\nu self-interaction (ν\nu-SI) near the neutrinosphere and the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein effect in outer layers for time-dependent neutrino energy spectra. Abundances of 7^{7}Li and heavy isotopes 92^{92}Nb, 98^{98}Tc and 138^{138}La are reduced by a factor of 1.5-2.0 by the ν\nu-SI. In contrast, 11^{11}B is relatively insensitive to the ν\nu-SI. We find that the abundance ratio of heavy to light nucleus, 138^{138}La/11^{11}B, is sensitive to the neutrino mass hierarchy, and the normal mass hierarchy is more likely to be consistent with the solar abundances.

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@article{arxiv.1903.02086,
  title  = {Neutrino self-interaction and MSW effects on the supernova neutrino-process},
  author = {Heamin Ko and Myung-Ki Cheoun and Eunja Ha and Motohiko Kusakabe and Takehito Hayakawa and Hirokazu Sasaki and Toshitaka Kajino and Masa-aki Hashimoto and Masaomi Ono and Mark D. Usang and Satoshi Chiba and Ko Nakamura and Alexey Tolstov and Ken'ichi Nomoto and Toshihiko Kawano and Grant J. Mathews},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.02086},
  year   = {2023}
}