Neutrinos and the stars
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2012-05-22 v2
Abstract
The role of neutrinos in stars is introduced for students with little prior astrophysical exposure. We begin with neutrinos as an energy-loss channel in ordinary stars and conversely, how stars provide information on neutrinos and possible other low-mass particles. Next we turn to the Sun as a measurable source of neutrinos and other particles. Finally we discuss supernova (SN) neutrinos, the SN 1987A measurements, and the quest for a high-statistics neutrino measurement from the next nearby SN. We also touch on the subject of neutrino oscillations in the high-density SN context.
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@article{arxiv.1201.1637,
title = {Neutrinos and the stars},
author = {Georg Raffelt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.1637},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
Proceedings ISAPP School "Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics", 26 July-5 August 2011, Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy. v2: some typos fixed and references updated