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Main Authors: Chakraborty, Sabyasachi, Gupta, Aritra, Vanvlasselaer, Miguel
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.15872
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author Chakraborty, Sabyasachi
Gupta, Aritra
Vanvlasselaer, Miguel
author_facet Chakraborty, Sabyasachi
Gupta, Aritra
Vanvlasselaer, Miguel
contents Young neutron stars cool via the emission of neutrinos from their core. A precise understanding of all the different processes producing neutrinos in the hot and degenerate matter is essential for assessing the cooling rate of such stars. The main Standard Model processes contributing to this effect are $ν$ bremsstrahlung, mURCA among others. In this paper, we investigate another Standard Model process initiated by the Wess-Zumino-Witten term, leading to the emission of neutrino pairs via $Nγ\to Nν\barν$. We find that for proto-neutron stars, such processes, with degenerate neutrons, can be comparable and even dominate over the prototypical and well-known cooling mechanisms.
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spellingShingle Anomaly induced cooling of Neutron Stars: A Standard Model contribution
Chakraborty, Sabyasachi
Gupta, Aritra
Vanvlasselaer, Miguel
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Young neutron stars cool via the emission of neutrinos from their core. A precise understanding of all the different processes producing neutrinos in the hot and degenerate matter is essential for assessing the cooling rate of such stars. The main Standard Model processes contributing to this effect are $ν$ bremsstrahlung, mURCA among others. In this paper, we investigate another Standard Model process initiated by the Wess-Zumino-Witten term, leading to the emission of neutrino pairs via $Nγ\to Nν\barν$. We find that for proto-neutron stars, such processes, with degenerate neutrons, can be comparable and even dominate over the prototypical and well-known cooling mechanisms.
title Anomaly induced cooling of Neutron Stars: A Standard Model contribution
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.15872