2019/02/10 by Wanpeng Tan, Tan, Wanpeng · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Nuclear Physics and Applications #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1902.03685
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Based on a newly proposed mirror-matter model of neutron-mirror neutron (n-n') oscillations [Phys. Lett. B 797, 134921 (2019)], evolution and nucleosynthesis in single stars under a new theory is presented. In the new model, n-n' oscillations are caused by a very small mass difference between particles of the two sectors. The new theory with the new n-n' model can demonstrate the evolution in a much more convincing way than the conventional belief. In particular, many observations in stars show strong support for the new theory and the new n-n' model. For example, progenitor mass limits and structures for white dwarfs and neutron stars, two different types of core collapse supernovae (II-P and II-L), synthesis of heavy elements, pulsating phenomena in stars, etc, can all be easily and naturally explained under the new theory.