Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9861039 | Physics Letters B | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We show that majoron emission from a hot nascent neutron star can be anisotropic in the presence of a strong magnetic field. If majorons carry a non-negligible fraction of the supernova energy, the resulting recoil velocity of a neutron star can explain the observed velocities of pulsars.
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Authors
Yasaman Farzan, Graciela Gelmini, Alexander Kusenko,