Shear viscosity of degenerate electron matter
Astrophysics
2009-06-23 v1
Abstract
We calculate the partial electron shear viscosity limited by electron-electron collisions in a strongly degenerate electron gas taking into account the Landau damping of transverse plasmons. The Landau damping strongly suppresses in the domain of ultrarelativistic degenerate electrons and modifies its %asymptotic temperature behavior. The efficiency of the electron shear viscosity in the cores of white dwarfs and envelopes of neutron stars is analyzed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0803.3893,
title = {Shear viscosity of degenerate electron matter},
author = {P. S. Shternin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.3893},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
16 pages, 4 figures, accepted to Journal of Physics A