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Stars as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics - MPP Theory Group

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Table of Contents<br />

6.3 Photon Dispersion (202)<br />

1. Maxwell’s Equations (202) ⋄ 2. Linear Response of the Medium (204) ⋄<br />

3. Isotropic Polarization Tensor in the Lorentz Gauge (206) ⋄ 4. Lowest-<br />

Order QED Calculation of Π (209) ⋄ 5. Dispersion Relations (212) ⋄<br />

6. Renormalization Constants Z T,L (217)<br />

6.4 Screening Effects (219)<br />

1. Debye Screening (219) ⋄ 2. Correlations and Static Structure Factor (222)<br />

⋄ 3. Strongly Coupled Pl<strong>as</strong>ma (223) ⋄ 4. Screened Coulomb Scattering (224)<br />

6.5 Pl<strong>as</strong>mon Decay in Neutrinos (227)<br />

1. Millicharged Neutrinos (227) ⋄ 2. Neutrino Dipole Moments (228) ⋄<br />

3. Standard-Model Couplings (229) ⋄ 4. Summary of Decay Rates (231) ⋄<br />

5. Energy-Loss Rates (232) ⋄ 6. Astrophysical Bounds on Neutrino Electromagnetic<br />

Properties (234)<br />

6.6 Neutrino Form Factors in Media (237)<br />

6.7 Neutrino Refraction (241)<br />

1. Neutrino Refractive Index (241) ⋄ 2. Higher-Order Effects (245) ⋄ 3. The<br />

Sun a Neutrino Lens (247)<br />

6.8 Majoron Decay (248)<br />

7. Nonstandard Neutrinos<br />

7.1 Neutrino M<strong>as</strong>ses (251)<br />

1. The Fermion M<strong>as</strong>s Problem (251) ⋄ 2. Dirac and Majorana M<strong>as</strong>ses (253) ⋄<br />

3. Kinematical M<strong>as</strong>s Bounds (254) ⋄ 4. Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay (257)<br />

⋄ 5. Cosmological M<strong>as</strong>s Bounds (258).<br />

7.2 Neutrino Mixing and Decay (260)<br />

1. Flavor Mixing (260) ⋄ 2. Standard-Model Decays of Mixed Neutrinos (263)<br />

7.3 Neutrino Electromagnetic Form Factors (267)<br />

1. Overview (267) ⋄ 2. Single-Photon Coupling (268) ⋄ 3. Two-Photon<br />

Coupling (271)<br />

7.4 Electromagnetic Processes (272)<br />

7.5 Limits on Neutrino Dipole Moments (275)<br />

1. Scattering Experiments (275) ⋄ 2. Spin-Flip Scattering in Supernovae (277)<br />

⋄ 3. Spin-Flip Scattering in the Early Universe (277) ⋄ 4. Search <strong>for</strong> Radiative<br />

Neutrino Decays (278) ⋄ 5. Pl<strong>as</strong>mon Decay in <strong>Stars</strong> (279).

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