Solar models with energy transport by weakly interacting particles

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view Abstract Citations (111) References (18) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Solar Models with Energy Transport by Weakly Interacting Particles Gilliland, R. L. ; Faulkner, J. ; Press, W. H. ; Spergel, D. N. Abstract Accretion by the sun of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs or cosmions) from a background population leads to efficient nonlocal energy transport in the solar core. At concentrations as low as 10 to the -11th by number, such particles, with ideal scattering cross sections, can lower the central temperature sufficiently to bring the predicted neutrino detection rate into agreement with observations. Since the perturbation is restricted to a small core, only small adjustments to the free parameters (initial hydrogen abundance and convection mixing length) are required to produce standard solar models with significantly lower (high-energy) neutrino fluxes. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: July 1986 DOI: 10.1086/164380 Bibcode: 1986ApJ...306..703G Keywords: Energy Transfer; Solar Neutrinos; Stellar Structure; Weak Interactions (Field Theory); Energy Distribution; Flux (Rate); Stellar Evolution; Stellar Models; Temperature Distribution; Solar Physics; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; NEUTRINOS; SUN: INTERIOR full text sources ADS |