Consequence of total lepton number violation in strongly magnetized iron white dwarfs
V.B. Belyaev, P. Ricci, F. Simkovic, J. Adam, Jr., M. Tater, and E., Truhlik
TL;DR
This paper investigates how total lepton number violation via neutrinoless electron to positron conversion affects the cooling and observational properties of strongly magnetized iron white dwarfs, suggesting they could explain certain astrophysical phenomena.
Contribution
It introduces the impact of lepton number violation on white dwarf cooling and proposes these objects as potential sources of soft gamma-ray repeaters and anomalous X-ray pulsars.
Findings
White dwarfs can be good candidates for soft gamma-ray repeaters.
Lepton number violation influences white dwarf cooling.
Potential link to observed high-energy astrophysical phenomena.
Abstract
The influence of neutrinoless electron to positron conversion on cooling of strongly magnetized iron white dwarfs is studied. It is shown that they can be good candidates for soft gamma-ray repeaters and anomalous X-ray pulsars.
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