Velocity-dependent energy gaps and dynamics of superfluid neutron stars
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2013-05-21 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We show that suppression of the baryon energy gaps, caused by the relative motion of superfluid and normal liquid components, can substantially influence dynamical properties and evolution of neutron stars. This effect has been previously ignored in the neutron-star literature.
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@article{arxiv.1206.6580,
title = {Velocity-dependent energy gaps and dynamics of superfluid neutron stars},
author = {M. E. Gusakov and E. M. Kantor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.6580},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
6 pages, 5 figures, accepted by MNRAS Lett