TeV-scale bileptons, see-saw type II and lepton flavor violation in core-collapse supernovaстатья
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Аннотация:Electrons and electron neutrinos in the inner core of the core-collapse
supernova are highly degenerate and therefore numerous during a few
seconds of explosion. In contrast, leptons of other flavors are
non-degenerate and therefore relatively scarce. This is due to lepton
flavor conservation. If this conservation law is broken by some
non-standard interactions, {$\nu$} $_{ e }$ are converted to {$\nu$}
$_{ μ }$, {$\nu$} $_{ τ }$, and e are converted to {$\mu$}.
This affects the supernova dynamics and the supernova neutrino signal.
We consider lepton flavor violating interactions mediated by scalar
bileptons, i.e. heavy scalars with lepton number 2. It is shown that in
case of TeV-mass bileptons the electron Fermi gas is equilibrated with
non-electron species inside the inner supernova core at a time scale
{\tilde}(1-100) ms. In particular, a scalar triplet which generates
neutrino masses through the see-saw type II mechanism is considered. It
is found that the supernova core is sensitive to yet unprobed values of
masses and couplings of the triplet.