Superfluid Phase Transitions in Dense Neutron Matter
Abstract
The phase transitions in a realistic system with triplet pairing, dense neutron matter, have been investigated. The spectrum of phases of the model, which adequately describes pairing in this system, is analytically constructed with the aid of a separation method for solving BCS gap equation in states of arbitrary angular momentum. In addition to solutions involving a single value of the magnetic quantum number (and its negative), there exist ten real multicomponent solutions. Five of the corresponding angle-dependent order parameters have nodes, and five do not. In contrast to the case of superfluid He, transitions occur between phases with nodeless order parameters. The temperature dependence of the competition between the various phases is studied.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0101045,
title = {Superfluid Phase Transitions in Dense Neutron Matter},
author = {V. A. Khodel and J. W. Clark and M. V. Zverev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0101045},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
11 pages, 2 figures