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Stars as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics - MPP Theory Group

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Table of Contents<br />

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16.3 New Interactions (574)<br />

1. Majorana M<strong>as</strong>ses (574) ⋄ 2. “Heavy” Neutrinos and F<strong>as</strong>t Decays (574)<br />

⋄ 3. Electromagnetic Properties (576) ⋄ 4. Summary (579)<br />

Appendices<br />

A. Units and Dimensions (580)<br />

B. Neutrino Coupling Constants (583)<br />

C. Numerical Neutrino Energy-Loss Rates (585)<br />

1. Pl<strong>as</strong>ma Process (585) ⋄ 2. Photoneutrino and Pair-Annihilation Process<br />

(586) ⋄ 3. Bremsstrahlung (588) ⋄ 4. Total Emission Rate (589)<br />

D. Characteristics of Stellar Pl<strong>as</strong>m<strong>as</strong> (591)<br />

D.1 Normal Matter (591)<br />

1. Temperatures and Densities (591) ⋄ 2. Relativistic Conditions <strong>for</strong> Electrons<br />

(593) ⋄ 3. Electron Degeneracy (593) ⋄ 4. Pl<strong>as</strong>ma Frequency (596) ⋄<br />

5. Screening Scale (596) ⋄ 6. Summary (598)<br />

D.2 Nuclear Matter (600)<br />

1. The Ideal p n e ν e G<strong>as</strong> (600) ⋄ 2. Kinetic and Chemical Equilibrium (600)<br />

⋄ 3. Cold Nuclear Matter (601) ⋄ 4. Hot Nuclear Matter (602)<br />

References (606)<br />

Acronyms (642)<br />

Symbols (644)<br />

Subject Index (649)

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