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仙后座A中子星的混合冷却

Hybrid cooling of the Cassiopeia A neutron star

Lev B. Leinson

摘要:

观测到的中子星仙后座A的快速冷却通常被解释为是由恒星核心的中子和质子从正常状态到超流体和超导状态的转变引起的。然而,这种所谓的“最小”冷却范式面临的问题是,使用超流中子的理论中微子能量损失来数值模拟观测到的中子星表面温度的异常快速下降。作为这个问题的解决方案,我提出了一个更复杂的冷却模型,其中,除了超流中子,直接Urca过程从一个非常小的中心部分的中子星核心也参与。在这种情况下的冷却轨迹的数值模拟显示出良好的协议与观测仙后座A中子星。所提出的冷却方案明确地将所使用的状态方程和中子星的质量联系起来。对于按照BSk25状态方程构造的中子星,最合适的是质量$M=1.62M_{\sun}$和半径$R=12.36$ km。如果使用BSK 24状态方程,则最合适的解是$M=1.60M_{\sun}$和$R=12.55$ km。

英文摘要:

The observed rapid cooling of the neutron star Cassiopeia A is usually interpreted as being caused by transitions of neutrons and protons in the star's core from the normal state to the superfluid and superconducting state. However, this so-called "minimal" cooling paradigm faces the problem of numerically simulating the observed anomalously fast drop in the neutron star surface temperature using theoretical neutrino energy losses from superfluid neutrons. As a solution to this problem, I propose a somewhat more complex cooling model, in which, in addition to superfluid neutrons, direct Urca processes from a very small central part of the neutron star core are also involved. Numerical simulations of the cooling trajectory in this scenario show excellent agreement with observations of the Cassiopeia A neutron star. The proposed cooling scenario unambiguously relates the used equation of state and the mass of the neutron star. For a neutron star constructed according to BSk25 equation of state, the most appropriate are the mass $M=1.62M_{\sun}$ and the radius $R=12.36$ km. If BSk24 equation of state is used, then the most suitable solution is $M=1.60M_{\sun}$ and $R=12.55$ km.

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