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Energy spectrum of neutrinos produced in e+, e pair annihilation

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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A calculation is made of the energy spectrum of neutrinos and antineutrinos produced in stars by electron-positron pair annihilation, on the basis of Feynman and Gell-Mann’s theory of weak interactions, in the electron density range from 1.6·103 to 1.6·106 g/cm3 and temperature range from 5·108 to 1010 °K. It is seen that the maximum of the neutrino spectrum ranges from 1.5 to 15 MeV.

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Si calcola lo spettro di energia dei neutrini e antineutrini prodotti nelle stelle per annichilazione di coppie elettrone-positone, in base alla teoria di Feynman e Gell-Mann dell’interazione debole, per valori della densità elettronica da 1.6·103 a 1.6·106 g/cm3, e della temperatura da 5·108 a 1010 °K. Si vede che il massimo dello spettro cade tra 1.5 e 15 MeV.

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Masani, A., Silvestro, G. Energy spectrum of neutrinos produced in e+, e pair annihilation. Nuovo Cim 32, 1217–1225 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02726063

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