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The thermomagnetic evolution of the young neutron star in Cassiopea A is studied by considering fast neutrino emission processes. In particular, we consider neutron star models obtained from the equation of state computed in the framework…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 A. Bonanno , M. Baldo , G. F. Burgio , V. Urpin

We study the thermal evolution of neutron stars described within the equation of state with induced surface tension (IST) that reproduces properties of normal nuclear matter, fulfills the proton flow constraint, provides a high-quality…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-16 Stefanos Tsiopelas , Violetta Sagun

The standard cooling scenario in the presence of nucleon superfluidity fits rather well to the observation of the neutron stars. It implies that the stellar cooling arguments could place a stringent constraint on the properties of novel…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-07-07 Deog Ki Hong , Chang Sub Shin , Seokhoon Yun

The observed rapid cooling of the neutron star (NS) located at the center of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) can be explained in the minimal NS cooling scenario. This consequence may be changed if there exists an extra cooling…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-11-21 Koichi Hamaguchi , Natsumi Nagata , Keisuke Yanagi , Jiaming Zheng

We present a new scenario for the cooling of compact stars considering the central source of Cassiopeia A (Cas A). The Cas A observation shows that the central source is a compact star that has high effective temperature, and it is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-19 Tsuneo Noda , Masa-aki Hashimoto , Nobutoshi Yasutake , Toshiki Maruyama , Toshitaka Tatsumi , Masayuki Y. Fujimoto

We show a scenario for the cooling of compact stars considering the central source of Cassiopeia A (Cas A). The Cas A observation shows that the central source is a compact star with high effective temperature, and it is consistent with the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-14 Tsuneo Noda , Nobutoshi Yasutake , Masa-aki Hashimoto , Toshiki Maruyama , Toshitaka Tatsumi , Masayuki Y. Fujimoto

In a simple model it is demonstrated that the neutron star surface temperature evolution is sensitive to the phase state of the triplet superfluid condensate. A multicomponent triplet pairing of superfluid neutrons in the core of a neutron…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-08 Lev B. Leinson

The young neutron star (NS) in the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) supernova remnant is a fascinating test for theories of NS cooling. Chandra observations have indicated that its surface temperature is declining rapidly, about 2% per decade, using 20…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-26 Jiaqi Zhao , Craig O. Heinke , Peter S. Shternin , Wynn C. G. Ho , Dmitry D. Ofengeim , Daniel Patnaude

We demonstrate that the existing neutron-star cooling data can be appropriately described within "the nuclear medium cooling scenario" including hyperons under the assumption that different sources have different masses. We use a stiff…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-14 Hovik Grigorian , Dmitry N. Voskresensky , Konstantin A. Maslov

Observation of cooling neutron stars can potentially provide information about the states of matter at supernuclear densities. We review physical properties important for cooling such as neutrino emission processes and superfluidity in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. G. Yakovlev , C. J. Pethick

Analysis of Chandra observations of the neutron star (NS) in the centre of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant taken in the subarray (FAINT) mode of the ACIS detector performed by Posselt and collaborators revealed, after inclusion of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-30 Peter S. Shternin , Dmitry D. Ofengeim , Craig O. Heinke , Wynn C. G. Ho

The rapid cooling observed in the Cassiopeia~A neutron star (Cas~A NS) is one of the most stringent tests for neutron-star cooling theory. While Cooper-pair breaking and formation (PBF) neutrino emission is a leading candidate,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-20 Yoonhak Nam , Kazuyuki Sekizawa

We model the thermal states of both isolated neutron stars and accreting neutron stars in X-ray transients in quiescence and confront them with observations. We use an equation of state and superfluid baryon gaps, which are consistently…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-31 M. Fortin , G. Taranto , G. F. Burgio , P. Haensel , H. -J. Schulze , J. L. Zdunik

The recent measurements of the masses of the pulsar J00737-3039B and of the companion J1756-2251 and pulsars PSR J1614-2230, PSR J0348-0432 demonstrate the existence of compact stars with masses in a broad range from 1.2 to 2 $M_\odot$. To…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-07-17 Hovik Grigorian , Dmitry N. Voskresensky , David Blaschke

Whether fast cooling processes occur or not is crucial for the thermal evolution of neutron stars. In particular, the threshold of the direct Urca process, which is one of the fast cooling processes, is determined by the interior proton…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-07 Akira Dohi , Ken'ichiro Nakazato , Masa-aki Hashimoto , Yasuhide Matsuo , Tsuneo Noda

Within the "nuclear medium cooling" scenario of neutron stars all reliably known temperature - age data, including those of the central compact objects in the supernova remnants of Cassiopeia A and XMMU-J1732, can be comfortably explained…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-04 H. Grigorian , D. Blaschke , D. N. Voskresensky

The unexpected temperature evolution of the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant (Cas A, for short) has renewed tremendous interest in the cooling mechanisms of neutron stars. In particular, the formation of superconducting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-30 Rodrigo Negreiros , Stefan Schramm , Fridolin Weber

We investigate the thermal evolution of isolated neutron stars containing hyperon--mixed kaon--condensed matter, focusing on the role of proton superconductivity. The equation of state utilized for cooling calculation is based upon the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-12 Bhavnesh Bhat , Akira Dohi , Takumi Muto , Tsuneo Noda

Direct Chandra observations of a surface temperature of isolated neutron star in Cassiopeia A (Cas A NS) and its cooling scenario which has been recently simultaneously suggested by several scientific teams put stringent constraints on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-08-15 Lev B. Leinson

The nuclear symmetry energy and its behaviour with density has been recently evaluated with enhanced value by PREX-2 experiment. This new values enables direct Urca neutrino emission process to be functioning in the dense matter inside…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-06 Trisha Sarkar , Vivek Baruah Thapa , Monika Sinha