Light element synthesis constraining the supernova neutrino spectrum
Abstract
We constrain energy spectra of supernova neutrinos using the ν-process light element synthesis in supernovae and the 11B abundance during Galactic chemical evolution. We calculate supernova nucleosynthesis due to the ν-process assuming that neutrino energy spectra are Fermi-Dirac distributions with zero chemical potential. We investigate the dependence of the 11B yield on the total neutrino energy and the temperature of νμ,τ and bar{ν}μ,τ. From the obtained yields and the contribution to the 11B yield from supernovae constrained by observed abundances and Galactic chemical evolution models, we find an acceptable range of the temperature of νμ,τ and bar{ν}μ,τ of 4.8 MeV to 6.6 MeV.
- Publication:
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From Lithium to Uranium: Elemental Tracers of Early Cosmic Evolution
- Pub Date:
- 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921305005417
- Bibcode:
- 2005IAUS..228..115Y