Comment on "Cherenkov Radiation by Neutrinos in a Supernova Core"
arXiv:hep-ph/9704352 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.773
Abstract
Mohanty and Samal have shown that the magnetic-moment interaction with nucleons contributes significantly to the photon dispersion relation in a supernova core, and with an opposite sign relative to the usual plasma effect. Because of a numerical error they overestimated the magnetic-moment term by two orders of magnitude, but it is still of the same order as the plasma effect. It appears that the Cherenkov processes gamma+nu -> nu and nu -> nu+gamma remain forbidden, but a final verdict depends on a more detailed investigation of the dynamical magnetic susceptibility of a hot nuclear medium.
2 pages, REVTEX. Submitted as a Comment to PRL
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