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Electroweak Processes in External Active Media

  • Covers new effects of a pure magnetic field on electroweak
  • Focus lays on the calculation technique for electroweak processes in external active media - hot dense plasma
  • Useful reference for researchers and for graduate students
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (STMP, volume 252)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • Alexander Kuznetsov, Nickolay Mikheev
    Pages 1-11
  3. Solutions of the Dirac Equation in an External Electromagnetic Field

    • Alexander Kuznetsov, Nickolay Mikheev
    Pages 13-24
  4. Propagators of Charged Particles in External Active Media

    • Alexander Kuznetsov, Nickolay Mikheev
    Pages 25-43
  5. Particle Dispersion in External Active Media

    • Alexander Kuznetsov, Nickolay Mikheev
    Pages 45-126
  6. Electromagnetic Interactions in External Active Media

    • Alexander Kuznetsov, Nickolay Mikheev
    Pages 127-173
  7. Neutrino-Electron Interactions in External Active Media

    • Alexander Kuznetsov, Nickolay Mikheev
    Pages 175-228
  8. Neutrino-Photon Interactions in External Active Media

    • Alexander Kuznetsov, Nickolay Mikheev
    Pages 229-266
  9. Conclusion

    • Alexander Kuznetsov, Nickolay Mikheev
    Pages 267-268
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 269-271

About this book

Expanding on the concept of the authors’ previous book “Electroweak Processes in External Electromagnetic Fields,” this new book systematically describes the investigation methods for the effects of external active media, both strong electromagnetic fields and hot dense plasma, in quantum processes. Solving the solar neutrino puzzle in a unique experiment conducted with the help of the heavy-water detector at the Sudbery Neutrino Observatory, along with another neutrino experiments, brings to the fore electroweak physics in an active external medium. It is effectively demonstrated that processes of neutrino interactions with active media of astrophysical objects may lead, under some physical conditions, to such interesting effects as neutrino-driven shockwave revival in a supernova explosion, a “cherry stone shooting” mechanism for pulsar natal kick, and a neutrino pulsar. It is also shown how poor estimates of particle dispersion in external active media sometimes lead to confusion. The book will appeal to graduate and post-graduate students of theoretical physics with a prior understanding of Quantum Field Theory (QFT) and the Standard Model of Electroweak Interactions, as well as to specialists in QFT who want to know more about the problems of quantum phenomena in hot dense plasma and external electromagnetic fields.

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Theoretical Physics Department, Yaroslavl State P.G. Demidov University, Yaroslavl, Russia

    Alexander Kuznetsov, Nickolay Mikheev

About the authors

Prof. Alexander Kuznetsov
Prof. Nickolay Mikheev
Yaroslavl State P.G. Demidov University, Yaroslavl, Russia

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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