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We present a model of the compact star in Cassiopea A that accounts for its unusually fast cooling behavior. This feature is interpreted as an enhancement in the neutrino emission triggered by a transition from a fully gapped, two-flavor,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-08-06 Armen Sedrakian

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

The presence of superfluidity in neutron star interiors can affect the cooling of neutron stars in intricate ways, enhancing certain mechanisms and suppressing others. Model calculations employing realistic nuclear potentials in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-08-02 Eckhard Krotscheck , Panagiota Papakonstantinou , Jiawei Wang

We study the dependence of the cooling of isolated neutron stars on the magnitude of the $3P_2$ neutron gap. It is demonstrated that our ``Nuclear medium cooling scenario'' is in favor of a suppressed value of the $3P_2$ neutron gap.

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Grigorian , D. N. Voskresensky

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

A large collection of equations of state (EOSs) built within the covariant density functional (CDF) theory of hadronic matter and allowing for density dependent (DD) couplings is employed to study polar $f$- and $p$- oscillations of cold…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-06-21 Vivek Baruah Thapa , Mikhail V. Beznogov , Adriana R. Raduta , Pratik Thakur

Accurate estimate of neutrino energy loss rates are needed for the study of the late stages of the stellar evolution, in particular for cooling of neutron stars and white dwarfs. Proton-neutron quasi-particle random phase approximation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-03-21 Jameel-Un Nabi

A Bayesian method is used in this extensive work to generate a large set of minimally constrained equations of state (EOSs) for matters in neutron stars (NS). These EOSs are analyzed for their correlations with key NS properties, such as…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-04-29 N. K. Patra

Background: An accurate description of nuclear pairing gaps is extremely important for understanding static and dynamic properties of the inner crusts of neutron stars and to explain their cooling process. Purpose: We plan to study the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-10-24 S. Maurizio , J. W. Holt , P. Finelli

In this work we parameterize the Equation of State of dense neutron star (NS) matter with four pressure parameters of $\{\hat{p}_1, \hat{p}_2, \hat{p}_3, \hat{p}_4\}$ and then set the combined constraints with the data of GW 170817 and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-21 Jin-Liang Jiang , Shao-Peng Tang , Dong-Sheng Shao , Ming-Zhe Han , Yin-Jie Li , Yuan-Zhu Wang , Zhi-Ping Jin , Yi-Zhong Fan , Da-Ming Wei

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

I give a general overview of the theory of neutron star cooling, emphasizing the intuitive understanding of the effects of the various physical ingredients, including the recently proposed accreted envelopes and neutrino emission from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dany Page

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

The cooling phase of thermonuclear (type-I) X-ray bursts can be used to constrain the neutron star (NS) compactness by comparing the observed cooling tracks of bursts to accurate theoretical atmosphere model calculations. By applying the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-08 J. Nättilä , A. W. Steiner , J. J. E. Kajava , V. F. Suleimanov , J. Poutanen

Accurate estimate of the neutrino cooling rates is required in order to study the various stages of stellar evolution of massive stars. Neutrino losses from proto-neutron stars play a crucial role in deciding whether these stars would be…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Jameel-Un Nabi

The chi-squared based covariance approach allows one to estimate the correlations among desired observables related to nuclear matter directly from a set of fit data without taking recourse to the distributions of the nuclear matter…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-11-11 Tuhin Malik , B. K. Agrawal , Constança Providência , J. N. De

Astrophysical observations from NICER and gravitational wave data constrain the properties of matter at the cores of neutron stars, enabling us to probe high-density matter with greater accuracy. To understand its implications for neutron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-13 Asim Kumar Saha , Tuhin Malik , Ritam Mallick

Cosmic neutrinos are among the most abundant fermions in the Universe, yet the values of their masses and chemical potentials remain uncertain. In this Letter, we present the first constraints on the total neutrino mass $M_\nu$ and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-23 Wangzheng Zhang , Ming-chung Chu , Shihong Liao

The equation of state (EOS) for neutron stars is modeled using the Relativistic Mean Field (RMF) approach with a mesonic nonlinear (NL) interaction, a modified sigma cut potential (NL-$\sigma$ cut), and the influences of dark matter in the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-05-21 Prashant Thakur , Tuhin Malik , Arpan Das , T. K. Jha , B. K. Sharma , Constança Providência

The $^1S_0$ superfluidity of neutron matter is studied in the framework of the generalized Gorkov equation. The vertex corrections to the pairing interaction and the self-energy corrections are introduced and approximated on the same…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Caiwan Shen , U. Lombardo , P. Schuck , W. Zuo , N. Sandulescu