English

Vertex renormalization of weak interactions in compact stars: beyond leading order

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2012-08-14 v3 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Neutrino emission rate from baryonic matter in neutron stars via weak neutral vector interaction is computed up to order O(v_F^6), where v_F is the Fermi velocity in units of speed of light. The vector current polarization tensors are evaluated with full vertices which include resummed series in the particle-hole channel. The neutrino emissivity is enhanced compared to the O(v_F^4) order up of 10% for values v_F< 0.4 characteristic to baryons in compact stars.

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@article{arxiv.1201.1394,
  title  = {Vertex renormalization of weak interactions in compact stars: beyond leading order},
  author = {Armen Sedrakian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.1394},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

v1: 7 pages, 3 figures, uses RevTex; v2: corrects figure placement in v1, v3: 8 pages, final published version