Pulsar Velocities without Neutrino Mass

D. Grasso; H. Nunokawa; J. W. F. Valle

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2412

Pulsar Velocities without Neutrino Mass

D. Grasso, H. Nunokawa, and J. W. F. Valle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 2412 – Published 21 September 1998

Abstract

We show that pulsar velocities may arise from anisotropic neutrino emission induced by resonant conversions of massless neutrinos in the presence of a strong magnetic field. The main ingredient is a small weak universality violation and neither neutrino masses nor magnetic moments are required.

Received 27 February 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2412

Authors & Affiliations

D. Grasso¹, H. Nunokawa², and J. W. F. Valle¹

¹Instituto de Física Corpuscular—IFIC/CSIC, Departamento de Física Teòrica, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, València, Spain
²Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil