Neutron Stars with Baryon Number Violation, Probing Dark Sectors

Symmetry

Susan Gardner¹  Mohammadreza Zakeri¹  Jeffrey M. Berryman² 

[1] Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA;Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA;

关键词: neutron stars;    baryon number;    neutron lifetime anomaly;    dark matter;   

DOI  :  10.3390/sym14030518

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The neutron lifetime anomaly has been used to motivate the introduction of new physics with hidden-sector particles coupled to baryon number, and on which neutron stars provide powerful constraints. Although the neutron lifetime anomaly may eventually prove to be of mundane origin, we use it as motivation for a broader review of the ways that baryon number violation, be it real or apparent, and dark sectors can intertwine and how neutron star observables, both present and future, can constrain them.

【 授权许可】

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