White dwarf cooling through neutrinos and L_mu - L_tau

21 Jun 2024, 17:30
2h
Near Aula Magna (U6 building) (University of Milano-Bicocca)

Near Aula Magna (U6 building)

University of Milano-Bicocca

Poster Beyond Standard Model searches in the neutrino sector Poster session and reception 2

Speaker

Jaime Hoefken Zink (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Description

Hot white dwarfs lose energy mainly in the form of neutrinos through plasmon decay from the inner part of the star. BSM physics can have visible contributions to the cooling of these compact objects. The aim of this study is to show how hot white dwarf cooling could be altered by a dark photon from the L_mu - L_tau model and explore these effects from ultra-light to heavy intermediators. This leads to very interesting constraints to this BSM model.

Poster prize Yes
Given name Jaime
Surname Hoefken Zink
First affiliation Università di Bologna
Second affiliation INFN Bologna
Institutional email jaime.hoefkenzink2@unibo.it
Gender Male

Primary author

Jaime Hoefken Zink (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Co-author

Dr Patrick Foldenauer (IFT Madrid)

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