Singlet pairing gaps of neutrons and protons in hyperonic neutron stars
Abstract
The nucleonic superfluids are investigated within the relativistic mean-field model and Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory in hyperonic neutron stars. The pairing gaps of neutrons and protons are calculated based on the Reid soft-core interaction as the nucleon-nucleon interaction. We have studied particularly the influence of hyperons degrees of freedom on the nucleonic pairing gap in neutron star matter. It is found that the appearance of hyperons has little impact on baryonic density range and size for the neutronic pairing gap, the protonic pairing gap also decreases slightly in this region fm. However, if baryonic density becomes greater than 0.393 fm, the protonic pairing gap obviously increases. In addition, the protonic superfluid range is obviously enlarged due to the presence of hyperons. In our results, the hyperons change the protonic pairing gap which must change the cooling properties of neutron stars.
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@article{arxiv.1408.2891,
title = {Singlet pairing gaps of neutrons and protons in hyperonic neutron stars},
author = {Yan Xu and Cheng-Zhi Liu and Cun-Bo Fan and Xing-Wei Han and Xiao-Jun Zhang and Ming-Feng Zhu and Hong-Yan Wang and Guang-Zhou Liu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.2891},
year = {2015}
}
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8 pages, 4 figures