Neutrino interactions in a dense plasma

C. J. Horowitz, K. Wehrberger

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Abstract

We investigate many-body corrections to neutrino scattering from electrons and nuclei. The Coulomb correlations of the electrons screen the weak vector neutral current. Electron screening is important only for electron neutrinos (or antineutrinos) and most effective for neutrino energies of several MeV or less. At electron densities relevant for supernovae, the total quasielastic -e cross section can be reduced by 50%, and elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering by up to 85%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)272-275
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume66
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1991
Externally publishedYes

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