Structured mixed phase is favored in neutron stars

Christiansen, Michael B. ; Glendenning, Norman K.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

关键词: 71 Classical And Quantum Mechanics, General Physics;    Neutron Stars;    Electric Charges;    72 Physics Of Elementary Particles And Fields;    73 Nuclear Physics And Radiation Physics;   

DOI  :  10.2172/860285
RP-ID  :  LBNL--46228
RP-ID  :  DE-AC02-05CH11231
RP-ID  :  860285

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

We give a general thermodynamical argument showing that in neutron stars, the Coulomb structured mixed phase is always favored for any first order phase transition involving systems in equilibrium with baryon number and electric charge as the two independent components. This finding is likely to have important consequences for many neutron star properties, e.g., glitch phenomena, transport and superfluid properties, r-mode instabilities, and the braking index.