Interaction of neutrinos with relic majorons

Journal Article · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5389696

Konoplich, R V

As the temperature of the universe is lowered by cooling during nucleosynthesis, the universe becomes populated with relic majorons. The mean free path of solar (or cosmic) neutrinos in scattering by an isotropic majoron gas in moving, for example, from the Sun to the Earth is calculated. The mean free path is found to be less than the distance from the Sun to the Earth. If the coupling constant ..cap alpha../sub M/ is greater than 10/sup -4/ the relic majorons can strongly affect the distribution of the neutrino fluxes from supernova bursts.

• Research Organization: Moscow Engineering-Physics Institute
• OSTI ID: 5389696
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 37:5; ISSN SJNCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BARYONS
COSMIC NEUTRINOS
COSMIC RADIATION
COUPLING CONSTANTS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
HADRONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
LEPTON REACTIONS
LEPTONS
MAJORANA THEORY
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEAN FREE PATH
NEUTRINO REACTIONS
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
RADIATIONS
SYMMETRY BREAKING
UNIVERSE