TY - JOUR
T1 - Resonant conversion of massless neutrinos in supernovae
AU - Nunokawa, H.
AU - Qian, Y.
AU - Rossi, A.
AU - Valle, J. W.F.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - It has been noted for a long time that, in some circumstances, massless neutrinos may be mixed in the leptonic charged current. Conventional neutrino oscillation searches in vacuum are insensitive to this mixing. We discuss the effects of resonant massless-neutrino conversions in the dense medium of a supernova. In particular, we show how the detected [Formula presented] energy spectra from SN 1987A and the supernova [Formula presented]-process nucleo-synthesis may be used to provide very stringent constraints on the mixing of massless neutrinos.
AB - It has been noted for a long time that, in some circumstances, massless neutrinos may be mixed in the leptonic charged current. Conventional neutrino oscillation searches in vacuum are insensitive to this mixing. We discuss the effects of resonant massless-neutrino conversions in the dense medium of a supernova. In particular, we show how the detected [Formula presented] energy spectra from SN 1987A and the supernova [Formula presented]-process nucleo-synthesis may be used to provide very stringent constraints on the mixing of massless neutrinos.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.54.4356
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.54.4356
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001337783
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 54
SP - 4356
EP - 4363
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 7
ER -