Bose-Einstein condensates in neutron stars
Abstract
In the two decades since the appearance of the book "Bose-Einstein Condensation" in 1995, there have been a number of developments in our understanding of dense matter. After a brief overview of neutron star structure and the Bose-Einstein condensed phases that have been proposed, we describe selected topics, including neutron and proton pairing gaps, the physics of the inner crust of neutron stars, where a neutron fluid penetrates a lattice of nuclei, meson condensates, and pairing in dense quark matter. Especial emphasis is placed on basic physical effects and on connections to the physics of cold atomic gases.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1507.05839,
title = {Bose-Einstein condensates in neutron stars},
author = {C. J. Pethick and Thomas Schaefer and A. Schwenk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.05839},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
22 pages, 2 figures, to appear in "Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation", edited by D.W. Snoke, N.P. Proukakis and P.B. Littlewood (Cambridge University Press)