Published July 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Transport parameters in neutron stars from in-medium NN cross sections

  • 1. School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000 (China)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN-LNS, Via S. Sofia 64, I-95123 Catania (Italy)
  • 3. Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000 (China)

Description

We present a numerical study of shear viscosity and thermal conductivity of symmetric nuclear matter, pure neutron matter, and β-stable nuclear matter, in the framework of the Brueckner theory. The calculation of in-medium cross sections and nucleon effective masses is performed with a consistent two- and three-body interaction. The investigation covers a wide baryon density range as needed in the applications to neutron stars. The results for the transport coefficients in β-stable nuclear matter are used to make preliminary predictions on the damping time scales of nonradial modes in neutron stars.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 015805-015805.7
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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