On the growth of temperature within neutron stars

Journal Article · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1980 · Astrophysics (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5426896

Urpin, V A; Iakovlev, D G

Analytic expressions are obtained that describe the variation of the temperature in the degenerate layers of the shell of a neutron star with electron heat conduction. The relativistic expression is used for the coefficient of thermal conductivity, and a possible crystallization of the ions is taken into account. For a neutron star with solar mass of 1 and radius of 10 km, the central temperature is calculated as a function of luminosity. It is shown that for sufficiently large luminosity the main temperature difference occurs across the layer of degenerate relativistic gas.

• Research Organization: Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Fiziko-Tekhnicheskii Institut, Leningrad, USSR
• OSTI ID: 5426896
• Journal Information: Astrophysics (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 15:4; Other Information: Translated from Astrofizika; 15: 647-655(Oct 1979)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
NEUTRON STARS
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
CRYSTALLIZATION
LUMINOSITY
MASS
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STARS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
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