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Stars as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics - MPP Theory Group

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Table of Contents<br />

13.7 Neutrino Opacity (514)<br />

13.8 Right-Handed Neutrinos (516)<br />

1. Dirac M<strong>as</strong>s (516) ⋄ 2. Right-Handed Currents (519) ⋄ 3. Magnetic<br />

Dipole Moments (521) ⋄ 4. Millicharges (522) ⋄ 5. Charge Radius (523)<br />

14. Axions<br />

14.1 The Strong CP-Problem (524)<br />

14.2 The Peccei-Quinn Mechanism (521)<br />

1. Generic Features (526) ⋄ 2. Axions <strong>as</strong> Nambu-Goldstone Bosons (528)<br />

⋄ 3. Pseudoscalar vs. Derivative Interaction (531) ⋄ 4. The Onslaught of<br />

Quantum Gravity (532)<br />

14.3 Fine Points of Axion Properties (534)<br />

1. The Most Common Axion Models (534) ⋄ 2. Axion M<strong>as</strong>s and Coupling<br />

to Photons (535) ⋄ 3. Model-Dependent Axion-Fermion Coupling (536)<br />

14.4 Astrophysical Axion Bounds (538)<br />

14.5 Cosmological Limits (540)<br />

15. Miscellaneous Exotica<br />

15.1 Constancy of Fermi’s Constant (545)<br />

15.2 Constancy of Newton’s Constant (546)<br />

1. Present-Day Constraints from Celestial Mechanics (546) ⋄ 2. Big-Bang<br />

Nucleosynthesis (547) ⋄ 3. Properties of the Sun (549) ⋄ 4. White<br />

Dwarfs (551) ⋄ 5. Globular Clusters (551)<br />

15.3 Test of the Equivalence Principle (554)<br />

15.4 Photon M<strong>as</strong>s and Charge (555)<br />

15.5 Free Quarks (556)<br />

15.6 Supersymmetric Particles (557)<br />

15.7 Majorons (558)<br />

1. Particle-<strong>Physics</strong> and Cosmological Motivations (558) ⋄ 2. Majorons and<br />

<strong>Stars</strong> (562)<br />

15.8 Millicharged Particles (564)<br />

16. Neutrinos: The Bottom Line<br />

16.1 Standard Neutrinos (568)<br />

16.2 Minimally Extended Standard Model (570)<br />

1. Cosmological M<strong>as</strong>s Limit <strong>for</strong> All Flavors (570) ⋄ 2. Oscillations of Solar<br />

Neutrinos (571) ⋄ 3. Oscillation of Supernova Neutrinos (572) ⋄ 4. Electromagnetic<br />

Properties (573)

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