https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611702003
Emission of neutrino-antineutrino pairs by hadronic bremsstrahlung processes
1 TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3, Canada
2 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
3 TIFR, Homi Bhabha Road, Navy Nagar, Mumbai 400005, India
4 Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
5 ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
Published online: 11 May 2016
We review our recent calculations of neutrino-antineutrino pair production from bremsstrahlung processes in hadronic collisions at temperature and densities relevant for core-collapse supernovae. We focus on neutron-neutron and neutron-α collisions.
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