Flavor Oscillations in Core-Collapse Supernovae
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2015-06-11 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
Core collapse supernovae are unique laboratories to study many aspects of neutrino physics. The vicinity of the proto-neutron star in a core-collapse supernova is characterized by large matter and neutrino densities. A salient feature of this region is the impact of neutrino-neutrino interactions. Properties of the ensuing non-linear many-neutrino system are examined with a particular emphasis on its collective behavior and its symmetries. The impact of neutrino properties and interactions on the r-process nucleosynthesis that may take place in the supernova environment is discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1209.5894,
title = {Flavor Oscillations in Core-Collapse Supernovae},
author = {A. B. Balantekin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.5894},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Talk at Neutrino 2012, Kyoto, Japan, June 3-9, 2012. 7 pages, one figure