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Pulsar Velocities without Neutrino Mass
Dario GrassoH. NunokawaJosé W. F. Vallesubject
PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsMagnetic momentPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyAstrophysics (astro-ph)General Physics and AstronomyFísicaFOS: Physical sciencesElementary particleSolar neutrino problemAstrophysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsMagnetic fieldMassless particleHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)PulsarMeasurements of neutrino speedHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNeutrinoNeutrino oscillationLeptondescription
We show that pulsar velocities may arise from anisotropic neutrino emission induced by resonant conversions of massless neutrinos in the presence of a strong magnetic field. The main ingredient is a small violation of weak universality and neither neutrino masses nor magnetic moments are required.
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1998-03-01 |