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arxiv: hep-ph/9605301 · v1 · submitted 1996-05-14 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph

Resonant Conversion of Massless Neutrinos in Supernovae

classification ✦ hep-ph astro-ph
keywords masslessneutrinosmixingresonantsupernovabeenchargedcircumstances
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It has been noted for a long time that, in some circumstances, {\sl massless} neutrinos may be {\sl 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 $\bar\nu_e$ energy spectra from SN1987a and the supernova $r$-process nucleosynthesis may be used to provide very stringent constraints on the mixing of {\sl massless} neutrinos.

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