BOUNDS ON DIRAC NEUTRINO MASSES FROM NUCLEOSYNTHESIS

被引:15
作者
DOLGOV, AD
KAINULAINEN, K
ROTHSTEIN, IZ
机构
[1] FERMILAB NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,NASA,FERMILAB ASTROPHYS CTR,BATAVIA,IL 60510
[2] UNIV MICHIGAN,RANDALL LAB PHYS,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
[3] UNIV MINNESOTA,SCH PHYS & ASTRON,MINNEAPOLIS,MN 55455
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1995年 / 51卷 / 08期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.51.4129
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We derive new bounds on the Dirac mass of the tau and muonic neutrinos. By solving the kinetic equation for the rate of energy deposition due to helicity-flipping processes and imposing the constraint that the number of effective species contributing to the energy density at the time of nucleosynthesis be Δkν<0.3, we find the bounds mνμ<150 keV and mντ<190 keV for TQCD=200 MeV. The constraint Δkν<0.1 leads to the much stronger bound mν<10 keV for both species of neutrinos. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:4129 / 4133
页数:5
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