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Effects of neutrino-driven kicks on the supernova explosion mechanism
Chris L. Fryer, Alexander Kusenko
We show that neutrino-driven pulsar kicks can increase the energy of the supernova shock. The observed large velocities of pulsars are believed to originate in the supernova explos…
Comment on "Pulsar kicks via spin-1 color superconductivity"
Alexander Kusenko
In a recent paper, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 211101 (2005) [hep-ph/0502166], Schmitt et al. have proposed a new mechanism to explain the observed velocities of pulsars. The proposed exp…
Interactions of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays with photons in the galactic center
Alexander Kusenko, Jason Schissel, Floyd W. Stecker
Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays passing through the central region of the Galaxy interact with starlight and the infrared photons. Both nuclei and protons generate secondary fluxes of…
Astrophysical bounds on supersymmetric dark-matter Q-balls
Alexander Kusenko, Lee C. Loveridge, Mikhail Shaposhnikov
Stable baryonic Q-balls, which appear in supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model, could form at the end of cosmological inflation from fragmentation of the Affleck -- Dine…
Pulsar Kicks from Majoron Emission
Y. Farzan, G. Gelmini, A. Kusenko
We show that Majoron emission from a hot nascent neutron star can be anisotropic in the presence of a strong magnetic field. If Majorons carry a non-negligible fraction of the supe…