Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 1963
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1963phrv..129.1383a&link_type=abstract
Physical Review, vol. 129, Issue 3, pp. 1383-1390
Physics
121
Scientific paper
Various current models and generalizations of a universal weak Fermi interaction predict a first-order weak coupling between electrons and ν-ν¯ pairs. The radiation of such pairs by a hot, partially degenerate relativistic plasma is calculated for temperatures and densities that appear to be relevant for stellar evolution. Neutrino-pair emission by collective electron modes, especially transverse plasma excitations, is found to be the main mechanism for neutrino radiation by a dense stellar plasma when electron-positron production is small either because the temperature is too low (T<~108 °K) or degeneracy supresses it. The neutrino luminosity of a star can greatly exceed its photon luminosity for a central core temperature greater than 108 °K.
Adams Barclay J.
Ruderman Malvin A.
Woo Ching-Hung
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