Neutrino-nucleon scattering rate in the relativistic random phase approximation

Abstract

The in-medium modification to the neutrino-nucleon scattering rate is calculated in the relativistic random phase approximation in the framework of a hadronic meson exchange model, in view of applications to neutrino transport in supernovae and protoneutron stars

Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the PANIC02 conference, 30 sept - 4 oct 2002, Osaka, Japan