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The Missing Mass and the Solar Neutrino Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

David Spergel
David Spergel*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Harvard University, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, U.S.A.

Abstract

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If the halo of our galaxy is composed of weakly interacting particles, they will be captured by the sun. If the mass of these particles exceed 5 proton masses, they will remain in the Sun where they will serve as an effective means of transporting energy in the solar core. They will make the Sun's core more nearly isothermal, thus decreasing the rate of the PPIII reaction. If the halo is composed of particles with masses between 5 and 10 GeV and cross section between 10−34 and 10−37 cm2, this mechanism could resolve the solar neutrino problem. If these particles exist, they could be detected by a low temperature detector. However, if the particles annihilate in the Sun, (e.g. Photinos or Scalar Neutrinos), their number density will be too low.

Type
Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 117: Dark Matter in the Universe , 1987 , pp. 496
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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