Neutrino Emission from Dense Matter, and Neutron Star Thermal Evolution
Astrophysics
2016-08-30 v1
Abstract
A brief review is given of neutrino emission processes in dense matter, with particular emphasis on recent developments. These include direct Urca processes for nucleons and hyperons, which can give rise to rapid energy loss from the stellar core without exotic matter, and the effect of band structure on neutrino bremsstrahlung from electrons in the crust, which results in much lower energy losses by this process than had previously been estimated.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9502021,
title = {Neutrino Emission from Dense Matter, and Neutron Star Thermal Evolution},
author = {C. J. Pethick and Vesteinn Thorsson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9502021},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
16 plain LaTeX pages, 3 figures available on request. To be published in the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Insitute on "Lives of the Neutron Stars", ed. A. Alpar, U. Kiziloglu and J. van Paradijs ( Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1995 ).