Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-10-16
Physica A261:359-373,1998
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
16 pages, ReVTeX, no figures. Text partially revised (24 april 1998)
Scientific paper
Density and temperature conditions in the solar core suggest that the microscopic diffusion of electrons and ions could be nonstandard: Diffusion and friction coefficients are energy dependent, collisions are not two-body processes and retain memory beyond the single scattering event. A direct consequence of nonstandard diffusion is that the equilibrium energy distribution of particles departs from the Maxwellian one (tails goes to zero more slowly or faster than exponentially) modifying the reaction rates. This effect is qualitatively different from temperature and/or composition modification: Small changes in the number of particles in the distribution tails can strongly modify the rates without affecting bulk properties, such as the sound speed or hydrostatic equilibrium, which depend on the mean values from the distribution. This mechanism can considerably increase the range of predictions for the neutrino fluxes allowed by the current experimental values (cross sections and solar properties) and can be used to reduce the discrepancy between these predictions and the solar neutrino experiments.
Kaniadakis Giorgio
Lavagno Andrea
Lissia Marcello
Quarati Piero
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