Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-05-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Invited talk at the 5th Workshop on "Neutrino Oscillations and their Origin" (NOON-2004), Tokyo, Japan, February 11-15, 2004;
Scientific paper
Neutrino oscillations in a core-collapse supernova may be responsible for the observed rapid motions of pulsars. Three-dimensional numerical calculations show that, in the absence of neutrino oscillations, the recoil velocities of neutron stars should not exceed 200 km/s, while there exists a substantial population of pulsars that move faster than 1000 km/s. A small asymmetry in the neutrino emission may be the solution of this long-standing puzzle. Such an asymmetry could arise from neutrino oscillations, but, given the present bounds on the neutrino masses, the pulsar kicks require a sterile neutrino with a 1-20 keV mass and a small mixing with active neutrinos. The same particle can be the cosmological dark matter. Its existence can be confirmed by X-ray telescopes if they detect X-ray photons from the decays of the relic sterile neutrinos. One can also verify the neutrino kick mechanism by observing gravity waves from a nearby supernova.
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