Plasma induced fermion spin-flip conversion f_L -> f_R + gamma
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-08-27 v1
Abstract
The fermion spin-flip conversion f_L -> f_R + gamma is considered, caused by the difference of the additional energies of the electroweak origin, acquired by left- and right-handed fermions (neutrino, electron) in medium. An accurate taking account of the fermion and photon dispersion in medium is performed. It is shown that the threshold arises in the process, caused by the photon (plasmon) effective mass. This threshold leaves no room for the so-called ``spin light of neutrino'' and ``spin light of electron'' in the real astrophysical situations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0701228,
title = {Plasma induced fermion spin-flip conversion f_L -> f_R + gamma},
author = {A. V. Kuznetsov and N. V. Mikheev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0701228},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
15 pages, LaTeX, 2 EPS figures, submitted to International Journal of Modern Physics A