Physics NotePublished
Back-Reaction of Einstein's Gravitational-Waves as the Origin of Natal Pulsar Kicks - CBPF-NF-060/01
Herman J. Mosquera Cuesta
2001
Publication details
- Authors
- Herman J. Mosquera Cuesta
- Type
- Physics Note
- Status
- Published
- Publication date
- 2001
- Description
- At the early core-bounce of a supernova collapse rapid convective overturn along with gradients in density and temperature in the neutrino-decoupling zone drives anisotropic neutrino flux. If then active-to-sterile <math> (\nu_{\bar{\tau},\bar{\mu}} \leftrightarrow \nu_s)\,\!</math> neutrino oscillations in the dense core take place, gravitational radiation should be emitted all the way the oscillation length. Since the oscillation feeds mass-energy up into (or drains it from) the new species, the large neutrino mass-squared difference <math>(10^4 eV ^2 \lesssim \Delta m^2 \lesssim 10^8 eV ^2)\,\!</math> implies a huge amount of energy is released as gravity waves then in either neutrino convection and cooling or perturbed matter distributions. I identify the back-reaction force (mass and current multipoles) of the gravitational wave burst} generated over the oscillation timescale as the pulsar thruster.
- Year
- 2001
- Number
- CBPF-NF-060/01
- Linked to a thesis
- No
- Linked to a grant
- No