2006/11/28 by Georg G. Raffelt · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73518-2_3
published as Lect.Notes Phys.741:51-71,2008 · Contribution to Axion volume of Lecture Notes in Physics, 20 pages, 3 figures
arxiv created 2006/11/28 · arxiv updated 2011/04/11
Axion emission by hot and dense plasmas is a new energy-loss channel for stars. Observational consequences include a modification of the solar sound-speed profile, an increase of the solar neutrino flux, a reduction of the helium-burning lifetime of globular-cluster stars, accelerated white-dwarf cooling, and a reduction of the supernova SN 1987A neutrino burst duration. We review and update these arguments and summarize the resulting axion constraints.