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arXiv 2012.15233astro-ph.HEastro-ph.GAhep-phnucl-th
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中子镜中子混合与中子星

Neutron - mirror neutron mixing and neutron stars

Zurab Berezhiani, Riccardo Biondi, Massimo Mannarelli, Francesco Tonelli

摘要:

中子$n$振荡成镜像中子$n'$,它们的质量简并伙伴来自暗镜像扇区,对中子星可能有有趣的意义:普通中子星可以逐渐转变成由部分镜像暗物质组成的混合星。混合星可以作为普通中子星的孪生伙伴被探测到:也就是说,可以存在质量相同但半径不同的致密星。对于一个给定的状态方程(普通分量和镜像分量相同),混合星的质量和半径取决于其内部普通分量和镜像分量的比例,而这又取决于其年龄。如果两部分的$50 \% - 50\%$比例在时间上渐近达到,那么这种“最大混合星”的最大质量应该是普通中子星的$\sqrt2$倍,而超过临界质量值$M^{\rm max}_{NS}/\sqrt2$的恒星在一定时间后应该坍缩到黑洞中.我们评估了演化时间,并讨论了$n-n'$跃迁对脉冲星观测以及对来自中子星合并的引力波和相关电磁信号的影响。

英文摘要:

The oscillation of neutrons $n$ into mirror neutrons $n'$, their mass degenerate partners from dark mirror sector, can have interesting implications for neutron stars: an ordinary neutron star could gradually transform into a mixed star consisting in part of mirror dark matter. Mixed stars can be detectable as twin partners of ordinary neutron stars: namely, there can exist compact stars with the same masses but having different radii. For a given equation of state (identical between the ordinary and mirror components), the mass and radius of a mixed star depend on the proportion between the ordinary and mirror components in its interior which in turn depends on its age. If $50 \% - 50\%$ proportion between two fractions can be reached asymptotically in time, then the maximum mass of such "maximally mixed stars" should be $\sqrt2$ times smaller than that of ordinary neutron star while the stars exceeding a critical mass value $M^{\rm max}_{NS}/\sqrt2$ should collapse in black holes after certain time. We evaluate the evolution time and discuss the implications of $n-n'$ transition for the pulsar observations as well as for the gravitational waves from the neutron star mergers and associated electromagnetic signals.

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