Supernova bounds on neutrino radiative decays

被引:58
作者
Oberauer, Lothar [1 ]
Hagner, Caren [1 ]
Raffelt, Georg [2 ]
Rieger, Erich [3 ]
机构
[1] Tech Univ Munchen, Phys Dept E 15, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[2] Max Planck Inst Phys, D-80505 Munich, Germany
[3] Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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10.1016/0927-6505(93)90004-W
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
The Solar Maximum Mission satellite did not record any gamma-ray counts in excess of the background for a time interval of 223 s after the arrival of the first (nu) over bar (e)'s from the supernova 1987A. On the basis of the original data we derive a new 3 sigma upper limit on the gamma fluence for this period and derive improved bounds on the nu(i) -> nu(j)gamma and nu(tau) -> nu(e)e(-)e(+) gamma radiative decay channels for neutrino masses up to the experimentally allowed value of around 30 MeV.
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