Impact of Axions on the Minimum Mass of Core Collapse Supernova Progenitors [HEAP]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1710.11419


In this study we include axions in stellar evolution models adopting the current stringest constraints for their coupling to photons and electrons. We obtain that the minimum stellar mass of Core Collapse Supernova (CCSN) progenitors is shifted up by nearly 2 Mo. This result seems to be in tension with the observationaly derived minimum mass of CCSN progenitors.

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I. Dominguez, M. Giannotti, A. Mirizzi, et. al.
Wed, 1 Nov 17
63/63

Comments: Contributed to the 13th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, Thessaloniki, May 15 to 19, 2017