Neutrinos in astrophysics and cosmology

Journal Article · Tue Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4953293· OSTI ID:22609079

Balantekin, A. B. ^[1]

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1. Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI 53706 (United States)

Neutrinos play a crucial role in many aspects of astrophysics and cosmology. Since they control the electron fraction, or equivalently neutron-to-proton ratio, neutrino properties impact yields of r-process nucleosynthesis. Similarly the weak decoupling temperature in the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis epoch is exponentially dependent on the neutron-to-proton ratio. In these conference proceedings, I briefly summarize some of the recent work exploring the role of neutrinos in astrophysics and cosmology.

• OSTI ID: 22609079
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1743, Issue 1; Conference: CETUP 2015: Workshop on dark matter, neutrino physics and astrophysics, Deadwood, SD (United States), 15 Jun - 17 Jul 2015, PPC 2015: 9. international conference on interconnections between particle physics and cosmology, Deadwood, SD (United States), 15 Jun - 17 Jul 2015; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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