Published December 1996
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Journal article
Nucleosynthesis and the mass of ντ reexamined
Creators
- 1. Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Arhus C. (Denmark)
Description
In a recent Letter we presented the first numerical treatment of the full set of Boltzmann equations for the evolution of an MeV Majorana τ neutrino in the early Universe. The conclusion was that mass limits from big bang nucleosynthesis were significantly weakened compared to previous investigations. An error in our numerical code unfortunately invalidates the results. We present here the correct results that lead to a strengthening of earlier mass limits based on the integrated Boltzmann equation. copyright 1996 The American Physical Society
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 54
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Journal Page Range
- p. 7894-7897.
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 28015548
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BOLTZMANN EQUATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ENERGY DENSITY; MASS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; TAU NEUTRINOS
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; HEAVY LEPTONS; INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; KINETIC EQUATIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NEUTRINOS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SYNTHESIS