Electroweak Processes in External Active Media

2013
ISBN: 978-3-642-44647-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 252, 271 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 4336 g

Reihe: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics

Expanding on the concept of the authors’ previous book “Electroweak
Processes in External Electromagnetic Fields,” this new book systematically describes the investigation methods for the effects of external active media, both strong electromagnetic fields and hot dense plasma, in quantum processes. Solving the solar neutrino puzzle in a unique experiment conducted with the help of the heavy-water detector at the Sudbery Neutrino Observatory, along with another neutrino experiments, brings to the fore electroweak physics in an active external medium. It is effectively demonstrated that processes of neutrino interactions with active media of astrophysical objects may lead, under some physical conditions, to such interesting effects as neutrino-driven shockwave revival in a supernova explosion, a “cherry stone shooting” mechanism for pulsar natal kick, and a neutrino pulsar. It is also shown how poor estimates of particle dispersion in external active media sometimes lead to confusion. The book will appeal to graduate and post-graduate students of theoretical physics with a prior understanding of Quantum Field Theory (QFT) and the Standard Model of Electroweak Interactions, as well as to specialists in QFT who want to know more about the problems of quantum phenomena in hot dense plasma and external electromagnetic fields.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mikheev, Nickolay

Kuznetsov, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Kernphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Solutions of the Dirac Equation in an External Electromagnetic Field.- Propagators of Charged Particles in External Active Media.- Particle Dispersion in External Active Media.- Electromagnetic Interactions in External Active Media.- Neutrino-Electron Interactions in  External Active Media.- Neutrino-Photon Interactions in External Active Media.- Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Alexander Kuznetsov
Prof. Nickolay Mikheev
Yaroslavl State P.G. Demidov University, Yaroslavl, Russia