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Numerical simulation of the electron capture process in a magnetar interior

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2013-12-11 v1

Abstract

In a superhigh magnetic field, direct Urca reactions can proceed for an arbitrary proton concentration. Since only the electrons with high energy EE (E>QE > Q, QQ is the threshold energy of inverse β\beta-decay) at large Landau levels can be captured, we introduce the Landau level effect coefficient qq and the effective electron capture rate Γeff\Gamma_{\rm eff}. By using Γeff\Gamma_{\rm eff}, the values of LXL_{\rm X} and LνL_{\rm \nu} are calculated, where and LνL_{\rm \nu}, LXL_{\rm X} are the average neutrino luminosity of Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs) and the average X-ray luminosity of AXPs, respectively. The complete process of electron capture inside a magnetar is simulated numerically.

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@article{arxiv.1312.2733,
  title  = {Numerical simulation of the electron capture process in a magnetar interior},
  author = {Z. F. Gao and N. Wang and J. P. Yuan and L. Jiang and D. L. Song},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.2733},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

10 Pages, 3 Figures, Published in Astrophys. Space. Sci. 2011. 332, P.129-138

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