NEUTRAL-CURRENT INDUCED NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS IN A SUPERNOVA

Authors
KUSENKO A SEGRE G
Citation
A. Kusenko et G. Segre, NEUTRAL-CURRENT INDUCED NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS IN A SUPERNOVA, Physics letters. Section B, 396(1-4), 1997, pp. 197-200
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
396
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
197 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1997)396:1-4<197:NINOIA>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Neutral currents induced matter oscillations of electroweak-active (an ti-)neutrinos to sterile neutrinos can explain the observed motion of pulsars. In contrast to a recently proposed explanation of the pulsar birth velocities based on the v(mu,tau) <--> v(e) oscillations, the he aviest neutrino (either active or sterile) would have to have mass of order several keV. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.