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We consider the effect that the gravitational field of a neutrino pulse radiated in the collapse of presupernova nuclei has on the observable optical radiation spectra of atoms at the supernova surface. We show that at the modern level of development of experimental methods, neutrino monitoring supplemented by optical monitoring of supernova candidates provides a unique possibility to check whether the Einstein equivalence principle is satisfied for neutrinos of each of the three types (electron, muon, and tau-lepton) and their antiparticles, to estimate the change of the gravitational potential at the surface of the star at the instant of the neutrino radiation pulse, and to obtain upper limits on the mass values of these neutrinos in a new way.
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Denisov, V.I., Denisova, I.P. & Svertilov, S.I. A Possibility for Studying Gravitational Properties of the Neutrino. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 138, 142–149 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:TAMP.0000010642.45121.a0
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