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Superfluidity and Superconductivity in Neutron Stars

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2019-03-06 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Nuclear Theory

Abstract

This review focuses on applications of the ideas of superfluidity and superconductivity in neutron stars in a broader context, ranging from the microphysics of pairing in nucleonic superfluids to macroscopic manifestations of superfluidity in pulsars. The exposition of the basics of pairing, vorticity and mutual friction can serve as an introduction to the subject. We also review some topics of recent interest, including the various types of pinning of vortices, glitches, and oscillations in neutron stars containing superfluid phases of baryonic matter.

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@article{arxiv.1709.10340,
  title  = {Superfluidity and Superconductivity in Neutron Stars},
  author = {Brynmor Haskell and Armen Sedrakian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.10340},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Review commissioned for publication in the White Book of "NewCompStar" European COST Action MP1304

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