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Influence of the photon - neutrino processes on magnetar cooling

Astrophysics 2014-11-18 v1

Abstract

The photon-neutrino processes γe±e±ννˉ\gamma e^{\pm} \to e^{\pm} \nu \bar \nu, γννˉ\gamma \to \nu \bar \nu and γγννˉ\gamma \gamma \to \nu \bar \nu are investigated in the presence of a strongly magnetized and dense electron-positron plasma. The amplitudes of the reactions γe±e±ννˉ\gamma e^{\pm} \to e^{\pm} \nu \bar \nu and γγννˉ\gamma \gamma \to \nu \bar \nu are obtained. In the case of a cold degenerate plasma contributions of the considering processes to neutrino emissivity are calculated. It is shown that contribution of the process γγννˉ\gamma \gamma \to \nu \bar \nu to neutrino emissivity is supressed in comparision with the contributions of the processes γe±e±ννˉ\gamma e^{\pm} \to e^{\pm} \nu \bar \nu and γννˉ\gamma \to \nu \bar \nu. The constraint on the magnetic field strength in the magnetar outer crust is obtained.

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@article{arxiv.0811.4526,
  title  = {Influence of the photon - neutrino processes on magnetar cooling},
  author = {M. V. Chistyakov and D. A. Rumyantsev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.4526},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

8 pages, LaTeX, 2 PS figures, based on the talk presented by D.A. Rumyantsev at the XV International Seminar Quarks'2008, Sergiev Posad, Moscow Region, May 23-29, 2008, to appear in the Proceedings