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Enhancement of the Transition Magnetic Moments of a Neutrino by Degenerate Electrons

arXiv:hep-ph/9510335 · doi:10.1143/PTP.95.543

Abstract

The one-loop induced magnetic dipole moments of a neutrino are examined in a background of degenerate electrons in the standard model. For the nonrelativistic neutrino, they are enhanced by a factor \( (8\pF/3\mnu) \), where \pF\ is the electron Fermi momentum and \mnu\ the neutrino mass. For the relativistic neutrino, they enhance the flavor-changing but helicity-conserving process because of the absence of the GIM cancellation.

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