Pairing and the Cooling of Neutron Stars
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2017-08-23 v1 Nuclear Theory
Abstract
In this review, I present a brief summary of the impact of nucleon pairing at supra-nuclear densities on the cooling of neutron stars. I also describe how the recent observation of the cooling of the neutron star in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A may provide us with the first direct evidence for the occurrence of such pairing. It also implies a size of the neutron 3P-F2 energy gap of the order of 0.1 MeV.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1206.5011,
title = {Pairing and the Cooling of Neutron Stars},
author = {Dany Page},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.5011},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
Contributed chapter in "50 Years of Nuclear BCS", edited by R. A. Broglia and V. Zelevinsky