Limits on Neutrino Radiative Decay from Sn1987a

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  • ANDREW H. JAFFE
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We calculate limits on the properties of neutrinos using data from gammaray detectors on the Pioneer Venus Orbiter and Solar Max Mission satellites. A massive neutrino decaying in flight from the supernova would produce gamma rays detectable by these instruments. The lack of such a signal allows us to constrain the mass, radiative lifetime, and branching ratio to photons of a massive neutrino species produced in the supernova.

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تاریخ انتشار 1992