Non-equilibrium corrections to the spectra of massless neutrinos in the early universe

被引:159
作者
Dolgov, AD
Hansen, SH
Semikoz, DV
机构
[1] RUSSIAN ACAD SCI,INST NUCL RES,MOSCOW 117312,RUSSIA
[2] ITEP,MOSCOW 113259,RUSSIA
关键词
neutrino; early universe; non-equilibrium kinetics;
D O I
10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00479-3
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
Distortion of the equilibrium spectra of cosmic neutrinos due to interaction with hotter electrons and positrons in the primeval cosmic plasma is considered. The set of integro-differential. kinetic equations for neutrinos is accurately numerically solved. The relative corrections to neutrino energy densities are approximately 0.9% for nu(e) and 0.4% for nu(mu) and nu(tau). This effect results in 1.4 x 10(-4) increase in the primordial He-4 abundance. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V. PACS: 98.80.Cq; 14.60.Lm; 05.20.Dd; 82.20.Mj.
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页数:19
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