Published July 29, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Strong Hyperon-Nucleon Pairing in Neutron Stars

  • 1. Department of Physics, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029 (China)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Catania, Via Santa Sofia 64, I-95123 Catania (Italy)
  • 4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 (United States)

Description

We explore the possibilities of hyperon-nucleon pairing, involving Λ or Σ- hyperons, using different Nijmegen hyperon-nucleon potentials. We find possible very large nΣ- gaps and estimate their relevance for neutron star physics

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
95
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 051101-051101.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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