The neutrino emission due to plasmon decay and neutrino luminosity of white dwarfs

dc.creatorKantor, E. M.
dc.creatorGusakov, M. E.
dc.date2007-08-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:19:16Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:19:16Z
dc.descriptionOne of the effective mechanisms of neutrino energy losses in red giants, presupernovae and in the cores of white dwarfs is the emission of neutrino-antineutrino pairs in the process of plasmon decay. In this paper, we numerically calculate the emissivity due to plasmon decay in a wide range of temperatures (10^7-10^11) K and densities (200-10^14) g cm^-3. Numerical results are approximated by convenient analytical expressions. We also calculate and approximate by analytical expressions the neutrino luminosity of white dwarfs due to plasmon decay, as a function of their mass and internal temperature. This neutrino luminosity depends on the chemical composition of white dwarfs only through the parameter mu_e (the net number of baryons per electron) and is the dominant neutrino luminosity in all white dwarfs at the neutrino cooling stage.
dc.description19 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0708.2093
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0708.2093
dc.identifierMon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 381 (2007) 1702-1710
dc.identifierdoi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12342.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/174450
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe neutrino emission due to plasmon decay and neutrino luminosity of white dwarfs
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