Breaking the conformal freedom of spacetime with supernova neutrino imaging

Abstract

It is known that a geometric measurement of the light cones of supernovae determines the conformal class of the visible part of the spacetime. The conformal factor is physically meaningful but cannot be determined geometrically by anything with zero mass, such as the photon. We show that measuring the neutrino cones in addition to light cones completely removes this gauge freedom. We describe the physical model in great detail, including why ultrarelativistic neutrinos are the only option.

Comments: 12 pages, 3 figures