White dwarfs constraints on dark sector models with light particles

Journal Article · Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4883421· OSTI ID:22306235

Ubaldi, Lorenzo ^[1]

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1. Physikalisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Nussallee 12, D-53115 Bonn (Germany)

The white dwarf luminosity function is well understood in terms of standard model physics and leaves little room for exotic cooling mechanisms related to the possible existence of new weakly interacting light particles. This puts significant constraints on the parameter space of models that contain a massive dark photon and light dark sector particles.

• OSTI ID: 22306235
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1604, Issue 1; Conference: PPC 2013: 7. international conference on interconnections between particle physics and cosmology, Lead-Deadwood, SD (United States), 24 Jun - 6 Jul 2013; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
COOLING
FUNCTIONS
LIMITING VALUES
LUMINOSITY
PHOTONS
SPACE
STANDARD MODEL
WHITE DWARF STARS