Published November 2004 | Version v1
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Neutrino scattering off pair-breaking and collective excitations in superfluid neutron matter and in color-flavor-locked quark matter

Creators

  • 1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)
  • 2. Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

Description

We calculate the correlation functions needed to describe the linear response of superfluid matter, and go on to calculate the differential cross section for neutral-current neutrino scattering in superfluid neutron matter and in color-flavor-locked quark matter. We report the first calculation of scattering rates that includes neutrino interactions with both pair-breaking excitations and low-lying collective excitations (Goldstone modes). Our results apply both above and below the critical temperature, allowing use in simulations of neutrino transport in supernovae and neutron stars

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevC.70.055803;
arXiv
arXiv:nucl-th/0405055v1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
70
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 055803-055803.15
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37011685
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS; COLLECTIVE MODEL; COLOR MODEL; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS; FLAVOR MODEL; NEUTRAL CURRENTS; NEUTRINOS; NEUTRON STARS; NUCLEAR MATTER; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARK MATTER; SCATTERING; SUPERFLUIDITY; SUPERNOVAE
Descriptors DEC
ALGEBRAIC CURRENTS; BINARY STARS; COMPOSITE MODELS; CROSS SECTIONS; CURRENTS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; EXCITATION; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; NUCLEAR MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARK MODEL; SIMULATION; STARS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VARIABLE STARS

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Notes
(c) 2004 The American Physical Society