Relativistic effects in neutrino-Fermi gas interactions
Nuclear Theory
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
We study neutrino interactions in a hadron gas within a relativistic framework. The hadron matter is described by a non-interacting Fermi gas in beta equilibrium. We show that the introduction of relativistic effects causes a sizable enhancement of the neutrino-scattering cross sections.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0511067,
title = {Relativistic effects in neutrino-Fermi gas interactions},
author = {K. Vantournhout and N. Jachowicz and J. Ryckebusch},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0511067},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
To appear in the proceedings of International School of Nuclear Physics: 27th Course: "Neutrinos in Cosmology, in Astro, Particle and Nuclear Physics". Erice, Sicily, Italy, 16-24