The Neutrino: A Better Understanding Through Astrophysics: Final Report
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
The final report for the award "The Neutrino: A Better Understanding Through Astrophysics" is given. The goals of the work were the following: to construct new theoretical approaches to the problem of neutrino propagation in media including where neutrino-neutrino interactions are important; to pioneer the use of new approaches, including super-scattering operators, for the evolution of neutrino thermal and statistical ensembles; to implement these new approaches in computer codes to study neutrino evolution in supernovae and other hot, dense environments; to increase the realism of simulated signals of a Galactic supernovae neutrino burst in current and future neutrino detectors; to study the simulated signals to determine the ability to extract information on the missing neutrino mixing parameters and the dynamics of the supernova explosion; and to study sterile neutrinos and non-standard interactions of neutrinos in supernovae and their effect upon the signal. Accomplishments made in these areas are described.
- Research Organization:
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0006417
- OSTI ID:
- 1328677
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-NCSU-SC0006417-99; TRN: US1700352
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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