ScienceWhat happens when neutrinos swap identities inside a supernova?

The standard model of core-collapse supernovae may be incomplete, judging from observations and unresolved theoretical questions. A paper in Physical Review D suggests that flavor-changing neutrinos could explain the discrepancy, because current supernova models do not account for neutrinos’ ability to change identity.

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