1999/03/24 by G. Raffelt · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1146/annurev.nucl.49.1.163
published as Ann.Rev.Nucl.Part.Sci.49:163-216,1999 · 46 pages, including 14 eps figures, prepared for vol.49 of the Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science (1999)
arxiv created 1999/03/24 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Low-mass particles such as neutrinos, axions, other Nambu-Goldstone bosons and gravitons are produced in the hot and dense interior of stars. Therefore, astrophysical arguments constrain the properties of these particles in ways which are often complementary to cosmological arguments and to laboratory experiments. This review provides an update on the most important stellar-evolution limits and discusses them in the context of other information from cosmology and laboratory experiments.