We have constrained the neutrino parameter space of Deltam 2-sin2 2thetav by considering the possibility of r-process nucleosynthesis occurring in the hot bubble region of a supernova. In addition, we have calculated the effects of density fluctuations and spin-flavor oscillations on these constraints. We also considered the delayed shock mechanism of a supernova explosion and calculated the shock heating rate with and without the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein (MSW) and Resonant spin-flavor precession (RSFP) effects. We have confirmed that both these phenomena can significantly affect the neutrino heating rate of the supernova causing shock wave.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.31024 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | Rahman, Tanvir. |
| Contributors | Cline, James (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Physics.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001744659, proquestno: MQ64434, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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