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Neutron spin polarization in strong magnetic fields

Astrophysics 2009-11-10 v5

Abstract

The effects of strong magnetic fields on the inner crust of neutron stars are investigated after taking into account the anomalous magnetic moments of nucleons. Energy spectra and wave functions for protons and neutrons in a uniform magnetic field are provided. The particle spin polarizations and the yields of protons and neutrons are calculated in a free Fermi gas model. Obvious spin polarization occurs when B1014B\geq10^{14}G for protons and B1017B\geq10^{17}G for neutrons, respectively. It is shown that the neutron spin polarization depends solely on the magnetic field strength.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0408299,
  title  = {Neutron spin polarization in strong magnetic fields},
  author = {H. Wen and L. S. Kisslinger and Walter Greiner and G. Mao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0408299},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Replaced by the revised version; 10 pages, including 3 eps figures

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