Macroscopic parity violation and supernova asymmetries

C. J. Horowitz; J. Piekarewicz

doi:10.1016/S0375-9474(98)00444-8

Macroscopic parity violation and supernova asymmetries

C. J. Horowitz, J. Piekarewicz

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Abstract

Core collapse supernovae are dominated by weakly interacting neutrinos. This provides a unique opportunity for macroscopic parity violation. We speculate that parity violation in a strong magnetic field can lead to an asymmetry in the explosion and a recoil of the newly formed neutron star. We estimate the size of this asymmetry from neutrino polarized-neutron elastic scattering, polarized electron capture and neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering in a (partially) polarized electron gas.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	281-289
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nuclear Physics A
Volume	640
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0375-9474(98)00444-8
State	Published - 14 Sep 1998
Externally published	Yes

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This work was supported by the DOE under grant numbers DE-FG02-87ER40365,

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