NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE WITH NONEQUILIBRIUM NEUTRINO DISTRIBUTIONS

被引:29
作者
KOSTELECKY, VA [1 ]
SAMUEL, S [1 ]
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST PHYS & ASTROPHYS,WERNER HEISENBERG INST,D-80805 MUNICH,GERMANY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1995年 / 52卷 / 06期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.52.3184
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
Around one second after the big bang, neutrino decoupling and e(+)-e(-) annihilation distorted the Fermi-Dirac spectrum of neutrino energies. Assuming neutrinos have masses and can mix, we compute the distortions using nonequilibrium thermodynamics and the Boltzmann equation. The flavor behavior of neutrinos is studied during and following the generation of the distortion.
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页码:3184 / 3201
页数:18
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