We consider the effect of free -streaming axion emission on numerical
models for the cooling of the newly born neutron star associated with
SN1987A. We find that for an axion mass of greater than -10-3 eV, axion
emission shortens the duration of the expected neutrino burst so significantly
that it would be inconsistent with the neutrino observations made by the
Kamiokande II (KII) and Irvine -Michigan- Brookhaven (IMB) detectors.
However, we have not investigated the possibility that axion trapping (which
should occur for masses 20.02 eV) sufficiently reduces axion emission so that
axion masses greater than -2 eV would be consistent with the neutrino
observations.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/623885 |
Date | 10 1900 |
Creators | Burrows, A., Turner, M. S., Brinkmann, R. P. |
Contributors | Univ Arizona, Steward Observ |
Publisher | Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
Source Sets | University of Arizona |
Language | en_US |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Source | Steward Observatory Parker Library SO QB 4 .S752 ARCH |
Rights | Copyright © All Rights Reserved. |
Relation | Preprints of the Steward Observatory #832, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1989PhRvD..39.1020B&db_key=AST&data_type=HTML&format=&high=3ed65e9cd008086 |
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