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Phys. Rev. D 32, 3081 - 3083 (1985)

Stellar energy loss through scalar-neutrino production
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A. Halprin
Physics Department, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716

Received 9 May 1985

We consider the role of massless scalar neutrinos in processes relevant to stellar evolution. Special attention is given to eē→ν̃ ν¯̃ and the more exotic process γγ→ν̃ ν¯̃. We conclude that ultralight scalar neutrinos, if they exist, will be produced most copiously through neutral-current interactions and will enhance the energy-loss rate by 5%.


©1985 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v32/p3081
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.32.3081
PACS: 95.30.Gv, 11.30.Pb, 14.80.Pb

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