Unusual nuclear shapes and neutron specific heat of neutron star crusts
- The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen (Denmark)
We investigate the specific heat of superfluid neutrons in the region of the crust of a neutron star characterized by unusual nuclear shapes, whose possible existence has been recently proposed. To describe pairing properties the results from Reid soft-core potential for nucleon-nucleon interaction are used. It is found that the presence of unusual nuclei causes a sizable increase in the specific heat. The results can have consequences in the study of thermal evolution of young neutron stars.
- OSTI ID:
- 69544
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, C, Vol. 52, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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