Internal Heating in Magnetars: Role of Electron Captures
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2022-10-07 v1 Nuclear Theory
Abstract
The role of electron captures by nuclei in the shallow heating of magnetars is further investigated using both nuclear measurements and the theoretical atomic mass table HFB-27. Starting from the composition of the outer crust in full equilibrium, we have calculated the onset of electron captures and the heat released due to the slow decay of the magnetic field. Numerical results are found to be similar to those previously obtained with the HFB-24 atomic mass model and are consistent with neutron-star cooling data.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2210.02790,
title = {Internal Heating in Magnetars: Role of Electron Captures},
author = {Nicolas Chamel and Anthea Francesca Fantina and Lami Suleiman and Julian-Leszek Zdunik and Pawel Haensel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.02790},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
6 pages, 1 figure. Contribution to the proceedings of the XLIV Brazilian Workshop on Nuclear Physics