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Dark Matter Generates Tachyons in SN1987A

posted by janrinok on Friday February 16 2018, @08:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the catchy-name dept.

PiMuNu writes:

Dark matter, neutrinos and tachyons in the same abstract? Oh yes:

According to conventional wisdom the 5-hour early Mont Blanc burst probably was not associated with SN 1987A, but if it was genuine, some exotic physics explanation had to be responsible. Here we consider one truly exotic explanation, namely faster-than-light neutrinos having sourcemν2=−0.38keV2. It is shown that the Mont Blanc burst is consistent with the distinctive signature of that explanation i.e., an 8 MeV antineutrino line from SN 1987A. It is further shown that a model of core collapse supernovae involving dark matter particles of mass 8 MeV would in fact yield an 8 MeV antineutrino line

Journal paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927650517303341
arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.00488v8

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Apparition on Friday February 16 2018, @09:12PM (4 children)

    by Apparition (6835) on Friday February 16 2018, @09:12PM (#639039) Journal

    I thought that Dark Matter was canceled?

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  • (Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Friday February 16 2018, @10:09PM (3 children)

    by cmdrklarg (5048) Subscriber Badge on Friday February 16 2018, @10:09PM (#639073)

    It was? Damn, I liked that show.

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    • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @10:10PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @10:10PM (#639076)

      Slewp, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

      Wow! Your snap is drippin' with spit, almost as if someone mercilessly slewped from the bottom of your snappycrack to the top! It... had to be a slewpy existenceness, or otherwise known as "One Who Slewps"! Such a thing!

      Who could have done such a thing!? Wait... whoever did this left a cryptic puzzle behind. It's likely that solving it will enable you to find out the identity of this mysterious slewper. I couldn't solve it no matter what I tried, but perhaps you can. Here it is: "It's me."

    • (Score: 2) by Apparition on Saturday February 17 2018, @03:42AM

      by Apparition (6835) on Saturday February 17 2018, @03:42AM (#639191) Journal

      Yep. [wordpress.com] Canceled with a cliffhanger ending even.