Open AccessStimulated Scattering of Neutrinos by Neutrons
Author(s) -
L. Oliveira e Silva,
J. T. Mendonça,
A. Mourão,
R. Bingham,
P. K. Shukła
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
physica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.415
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1402-4896
pISSN - 0031-8949
DOI - 10.1238/physica.topical.075a00256
Subject(s) - brillouin scattering , neutrino , supernova , physics , instability , scattering , nuclear physics , neutron , neutron star , coupling (piping) , neutron scattering , laser , atomic physics , astrophysics , optics , materials science , quantum mechanics , metallurgy
Stimulated scattering of the intense electron-neutrino burst in a background of neutrons is investigated. We derive the linear growth rates for several regimes of interest. It is shown that this process is formally equivalent to the usual Stimulated Brillouin Scattering found in laser coupling to ion acoustic oscillations. The influence of this instability in the neutrinosphere and the consequences for the supernovae dynamics are also discussed