Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-01-06
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
11 pages, 5 figures; submitted to PRD; revision due to error in v1
Scientific paper
Observations of radio pulsars have revealed that they have large velocities which may be greater than 1000 km/s. In this work, the efficacy of an active-sterile neutrino transformation mechanism to provide these large pulsar kicks is investigated. A phase-space based approach is adopted to follow the the transformation of active neutrinos to sterile neutrinos through an MSW-like resonance in the protoneutron star to refine an estimate to the magnitude of the pulsar kick that can be generated in such an event. The result is that this mechanism can create the large pulsar kicks that are observed while not overcooling the star.
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