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Title: Neutron star kick velocity induced by neutrino chirality flip and a lower bound for the neutrino magnetic moment

Abstract

We study the neutrino chirality flip during the birth of a neutron star, produced in a core made of strange quark matter. This mechanism is applied to the neutron star kick velocity problem and we show that it is efficient when the neutrino magnetic moment is not smaller than 4.7 × 10 −15 μ B , where μ B is the Bohr magneton. When this lower bound is combined with the most stringent upper bound, our results set a range for the neutrino magnetic moment given by 4.7 × 10 −15  ≤  μ ν / μ B  ≤ (0.1 − 0.4) × 10 −11 . The obtained kick velocities for natal conditions are consistent with the observed ones and span the correct range of radii for typical magnetic field intensities.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5]
  1. Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México D.F. Mexico, Centre for Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, and Department of Physics University of Cape Town Rondebosch South Africa
  2. Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México D.F. Mexico
  3. Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México D.F. Mexico, Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
  4. Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México D.F. Mexico, Centre for Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, and Department of Physics University of Cape Town Rondebosch South Africa, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala Tlaxcala Mexico
  5. Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México D.F. Mexico, Facultad de Física Universidad de La Habana La Habana Cuba
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1786059
Grant/Contract Number:  
DE‐FG02‐00ER41132
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Astronomische Nachrichten
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Astronomische Nachrichten Journal Volume: 342 Journal Issue: 1-2; Journal ID: ISSN 0004-6337
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Ayala, Alejandro, Langarica, Santiago Bernal, Hernández‐Ortiz, Saul, Hernández, Luis Alberto, and Manreza‐Paret, Daryel. Neutron star kick velocity induced by neutrino chirality flip and a lower bound for the neutrino magnetic moment. Germany: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1002/asna.202113906.
Ayala, Alejandro, Langarica, Santiago Bernal, Hernández‐Ortiz, Saul, Hernández, Luis Alberto, & Manreza‐Paret, Daryel. Neutron star kick velocity induced by neutrino chirality flip and a lower bound for the neutrino magnetic moment. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.202113906
Ayala, Alejandro, Langarica, Santiago Bernal, Hernández‐Ortiz, Saul, Hernández, Luis Alberto, and Manreza‐Paret, Daryel. Sun . "Neutron star kick velocity induced by neutrino chirality flip and a lower bound for the neutrino magnetic moment". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.202113906.
@article{osti_1786059,
title = {Neutron star kick velocity induced by neutrino chirality flip and a lower bound for the neutrino magnetic moment},
author = {Ayala, Alejandro and Langarica, Santiago Bernal and Hernández‐Ortiz, Saul and Hernández, Luis Alberto and Manreza‐Paret, Daryel},
abstractNote = {We study the neutrino chirality flip during the birth of a neutron star, produced in a core made of strange quark matter. This mechanism is applied to the neutron star kick velocity problem and we show that it is efficient when the neutrino magnetic moment is not smaller than 4.7 × 10 −15 μ B , where μ B is the Bohr magneton. When this lower bound is combined with the most stringent upper bound, our results set a range for the neutrino magnetic moment given by 4.7 × 10 −15  ≤  μ ν / μ B  ≤ (0.1 − 0.4) × 10 −11 . The obtained kick velocities for natal conditions are consistent with the observed ones and span the correct range of radii for typical magnetic field intensities.},
doi = {10.1002/asna.202113906},
journal = {Astronomische Nachrichten},
number = 1-2,
volume = 342,
place = {Germany},
year = {Sun Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Sun Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}

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