Neutrino Rates in Color Flavor Locked Quark Matter

dc.creatorReddy, Sanjay
dc.creatorSadzikowski, Mariusz
dc.creatorTachibana, Motoi
dc.date2002-03-06
dc.date2002-03-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:54:45Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:54:45Z
dc.descriptionWe study the weak interaction rates involving Goldstone bosons in the Color Flavor Locked (CFL) quark matter. Neutrino mean free path and the rate of energy loss due to neutrino emission in a thermal plasma of CFL pions and kaons is calculated. We find that in addition to neutrino scattering off thermal mesons, novel Cherenkov like processes wherein mesons are either emitted or absorbed contribute to the neutrino opacity. Lack of Lorentz invariance in the medium and loss of rotational invariance for processes involving mesons moving relative to the medium allow for novel processes such as $π^0 \to ν\barν$ and $e^- π^+ \to ν_e$. We explore and comment on various astrophysical implications of our finding.
dc.description21 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0203011
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0203011
dc.identifierNucl.Phys.A714:337-351,2003
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/S0375-9474(02)01351-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/185894
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleNeutrino Rates in Color Flavor Locked Quark Matter
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