Supernova Neutrino-process nucleosynthesis with neutrino self-interaction and MSW effects

ORAL

Abstract

The $\nu$-process is a unique nucleosynthesis mechanism that only affects the abundances of some rare nuclei. There are, however, uncertainties due to the neutrino mass hierarchy, neutrino oscillations and the neutrino self-interaction. In this talk we discuss calculations of the abundances of $^7$Li, $^{11}$B, $^{92}$Nb, $^{98}$Tc, $^{138}$La, and $^{180}$Ta produced by the $\nu$-process. We consider the modification both by the $\nu$ self- interaction near the neutrinosphere and the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein effect in the outer layers based upon time-dependent neutrino energy spectra from core-collapse supernova simulations. Abundances of $^7$Li and heavy isotopes $^{92}$Nb, $^{98}$Tc and $^{138}$La are reduced by a factor of $\sim 2$ by the $\nu$-self-interaction. In contrast, $^{11}$B is relatively insensitive. We find that the abundance ratio of heavy to light nuclei, $^{138}$La/$^{11}$B, is a robust probe of the neutrino mass hierarchy, and the normal mass hierarchy is more likely to be consistent with the solar meteoritic abundances.

*Work at the University of Notre Dame is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Nuclear Theory Grant DE-FG02-95-ER40934.

Authors

  • Grant Mathews

    • University of Notre Dame
  • Heamin Ko

    • Soongsil University
  • Myung-Ki Cheoun

    • Soongil University
  • Eunja Ha

    • Soongsil University
  • Motohiko Kusakabe

    • Beihang University
  • Takehito Hayakawa

    • NQRST
  • Hirokazu Sasaki

    • NAOJ
  • Toshitaka Kajino

    • NAOJ
  • Masa-Aki Hashimoto

    • Kyushu University
  • Masaomi Ono

    • RIKEN
  • Mark Usang

    • Tokyo Inst. Tech
  • Satoshi Chiba

    • Tokyo Inst. Tech
  • Ko Nakamura

    • Fukuoka Univ.
  • Alexey Tolstov

    • IPMU
  • Kenichi Nomoto

    • IPMU
  • Toshihiko Kawano

    • LANL