LIGHT NEUTRINOS AS COSMOLOGICAL DARK MATTER AND THE NEXT SUPERNOVA

被引:17
作者
MINAKATA, H
NUNOKAWA, H
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Setagaya
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1990年 / 41卷 / 10期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevD.41.2976
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We point out that the light-neutrino hypothesis for cosmological dark matter can be tested by observing a neutrino burst from a type-II supernova. With the luck of a nearby (10 kpc) event watched by enlarged water Cherenkov detectors, such as the proposed super-Kamiokande, it might be possible to measure the tau- (heaviest-)neutrino mass. In such a case the statistically significant (4000-6000) »e absorption events would allow the precise determination of the neutrino flux and the temperature. By using a simple model of neutrino emission based on the simulation by Mayle, Wilson, and Schramm, we show that the existence of the neutrino mixing can be signaled by 20-30% excess of the scattering events in the water Cherenkov detector, and by factor 3 larger rate in Davis's Cl37 detector. The effect on the recoil electron energy spectrum is also analyzed. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:2976 / 2985
页数:10
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