Neutrino oscillation above a black hole accretion disk

Journal Article · Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919479· OSTI ID:22391801

Malkus, A.; Kneller, J. P.; McLaughlin, G. C. ^[1]; Surman, R. ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 (United States)
2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308 (United States)

We examine neutrino oscillations in the context of an accretion disk surrounding a black hole. Because accretion disks produce large quantities of neutrinos, they may be home to interesting neutrino oscillation as well. We model accretion disks associated with stellar collapse for the sake of understanding neutrino oscillations. We find that the neutrino oscillations include phenomena seen in the protoneutron star setting as well as phenomena not seen elsewhere.

• OSTI ID: 22391801
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1663, Issue 1; Conference: NuINT12: 8. International Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleus Internactions in the Few-GeV Region, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 22-27 Oct 2012; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
ACCRETION DISKS
BLACK HOLES
GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
NEUTRINOS
NEUTRON STARS