To rescue a star

Abstract

Massless neutrinos are exchanged in a neutron star, leading to long range interactions. Many body forces of this type follow and we resum them. Their net contribution to the total energy is negligible as compared to the star mass. The stability of the star is not in danger, contrary to recent assertions.

10 pages, Latex2e, two figures

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• Long Range Forces and Neutrino Mass
• Fermionic Dispersion Relations in the Standard Model at Finite Temperature

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