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Exploring $^3P_0$ Superfluid in Dilute Spin-Polarized Neutron Matter

Nuclear Theory 2024-01-17 v3 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Quantum Gases Superconductivity

Abstract

We explore the theoretical possibility of 3P0^3P_0 neutron superfluid in dilute spin-polarized neutron matter, which may be relevant to the crust region of a magnetized neutron star. In such a dilute regime where the neutron Fermi energy is less than 1 MeV, the 1S0^1S_0 neutron superfluid can be suppressed by a strong magnetic field of the compact star. In the low-energy limit relevant for dilute neutron matter, the 3P0^3P_0 interaction is stronger than the 3P2^3P_2 one which is believed to induce the triplet superfluid in the core. We present the ground-state phase diagram of dilute neutron matter with respect to the magnetic field and numerically estimate the critical temperature of the 3P0^3P_0 neutron superfluid, which is found to exceed 10710^7 K.

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@article{arxiv.2305.08690,
  title  = {Exploring $^3P_0$ Superfluid in Dilute Spin-Polarized Neutron Matter},
  author = {Hiroyuki Tajima and Hiroshi Funaki and Yuta Sekino and Nobutoshi Yasutake and Mamoru Matsuo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.08690},
  year   = {2024}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures