Neutrino transport: no asymmetry in equilibrium
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hep-phhep-th
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asymmetryequilibriumexplainamplitudesanisotropicemittedevenexplanations
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A small asymmetry in the flux of neutrinos emitted by a hot newly-born neutron star could explain the observed motions of pulsars. However, even in the presence of parity-violating processes with anisotropic scattering amplitudes, no asymmetry is generated in thermal equilibrium. We explain why this no-go theorem stymies some of the proposed explanations for the pulsar ``kick'' velocities.
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