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Photon spectrum produced by the late decay of a cosmic neutrino background

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D
 [1];  [2]
  1. Grup de Fisica Teorica and Institut de Fisica dAltes Energies, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia (Spain)
  2. NASA/Fermilab Astrophysics Group, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Box 500, Batavia, Illinois 60510-0500 (United States)
We obtain the photon spectrum induced by a cosmic background of unstable neutrinos. We study the spectrum in a variety of cosmological scenarios and also we allow for the neutrinos having a momentum distribution (only a critical matter-dominated universe and neutrinos at rest have been considered until now). Our results can be helpful when extracting bounds on neutrino electric and magnetic moments from cosmic photon background observations. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}
OSTI ID:
686587
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 60; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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