Light sterile neutrinos, $\nu_s$, are often introduced to explain an anomalous deficit in the electron antineutrino flux from nuclear reactors. If they exist, sterile neutrinos would also be produced in collapsing massive stars through the active-sterile neutrino oscillation. In order to investigate the impacts of sterile neutrinos on supernova dynamics, we perform two-dimensional...
Recent observations of a variety of ionization tracers have revealed an unexpectedly high ionization rate in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), that cannot be explained by ionization of cosmic rays. The current observations point to a source of particles that is very concentrated around the Galactic Center and should emit low energy ionizing particles (to avoid propagating too far away from the...