Supernova and neutron-star limits on large extra dimensions reexamined

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2003-04-03

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0304029v2

Phys.Rev.D67:125008,2003; Erratum-ibid.D69:029901,2004

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Erratum included (small numerical correction of neutron-star limits)

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.67.125008

In theories with large extra dimensions, supernova (SN) cores are powerful sources of Kaluza-Klein (KK) gravitons. A large fraction of these massive particles are gravitationally retained by the newly born neutron star (NS). The subsequent slow KK decays produce potentially observable gamma rays and heat the NS. We here show that the back-absorption of the gravitationally trapped KK gravitons does not significantly change our previous limits. We calculate the graviton emission rate in a nuclear medium by combining the low-energy classical bremsstrahlung rate with detailed-balancing arguments. This approach reproduces the previous thermal emission rate, but it is much simpler and allows for a calculation of the absorption rate by a trivial phase-space transformation. We derive systematically the dependence of the SN and NS limits on the number of extra dimensions.

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