Neutrino spectrum from the pair-annihilation process in the hot stellar plasma

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dc.creatorMisiaszek, M.
dc.creatorOdrzywolek, A.
dc.creatorKutschera, M.
dc.date2005-11-18
dc.date2006-07-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:45:14Z
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dc.descriptionAn new method of calculating the energy spectrum of neutrinos and antineutrinos produced in the electron-positron annihilation processes in hot stellar plasma is presented. Detection of these neutrinos, produced copiously in the presupernova which is evolutionary advanced neutrino-cooled star, may serve in future as a trigger of pre-collapse early warning system. Also, observation of neutrinos will probe final stages of thermonuclear burning in the presupernova. The spectra obtained with the new method are compared to Monte Carlo simulations. To achieve high accuracy in the energy range of interest, determined by neutrino detector thresholds, differential cross-section for production of the antineutrino, previously unknown in an explicit form, is calculated as a function of energy in the plasma rest frame. Neutrino spectrum is obtained as a 3-dimensional integral, computed with the use of the Cuhre algorithm of at least 5% accuracy. Formulae for the mean neutrino energy and its dispersion are given as a combination of Fermi-Dirac integrals. Also, useful analytical approximations of the whole spectrum are shown.
dc.description10 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, version accepted to PRD
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511555
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511555
dc.identifierPhys.Rev. D74 (2006) 043006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.74.043006
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/102994
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleNeutrino spectrum from the pair-annihilation process in the hot stellar plasma
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