arXiv:astro-ph/0610918·v1·Astrophysics
Gravitational Lensing of Supernova Neutrinos
Olga Mena🇺🇸 · Irina Mocioiu🇺🇸 · Chris Quigg🇺🇸
Abstract
The black hole at the center of the galaxy is a powerful lens for supernova neutrinos. In the very special circumstance of a supernova near the extended line of sight from Earth to the galactic center, lensing could dramatically enhance the neutrino flux at Earth and stretch the neutrino pulse.
Comments: 10 pages, 4 figures, uses RevTeX