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Stars as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics - MPP Theory Group

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What Have We Learned from SN 1987A 515<br />

Fig. 13.7. Number of events in the Kamiokande and IMB detectors <strong>as</strong> well<br />

<strong>as</strong> the signal durations <strong>as</strong> a function of the <strong>as</strong>sumed “opacity suppression<br />

parameter” defined by Eq. (13.12). Filled circles refer to a suppression of<br />

both neutral- and charged-current axial-vector interactions while open circles<br />

refer to a suppression of neutral-current interactions only. (Adapted from<br />

Keil, Janka, and Raffelt 1995.)<br />

refer to a suppression of the neutral-current reactions alone. The modification<br />

of the results between those c<strong>as</strong>es is relatively minor, indicating<br />

that the neutral-current interactions represent the dominant opacity<br />

source <strong>for</strong> the overall cooling time scale.<br />

The incre<strong>as</strong>e of the counting rates at the two detectors with decre<strong>as</strong>ing<br />

opacities is explained by the neutrino sphere moving to deeper and<br />

hotter layers, yielding larger neutrino energies. The detectors register<br />

mostly ν e ’s so that the number of events is relatively sensitive to the<br />

charged-current opacity which affects only the electron flavor. N IMB is<br />

particularly sensitive to the ν e spectrum because of its high threshold.

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