Rapid cooling of the Cassiopeia A neutron star due to superfluid quantum criticality
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| author | Zhu, Hao-Fu Liu, Guo-Zhu Wu, Xufen |
| author_facet | Zhu, Hao-Fu Liu, Guo-Zhu Wu, Xufen |
| contents | The rapid cooling of the neutron star in Cassiopeia A is speculated to arise from an enhanced neutrino emission caused by the onset of $^3P_2$-wave neutron superfluidity in the core. However, the neutrino emissivity due to Cooper-pair breaking and formation is in tension with the requirements for explaining the observed cooling rate. Here, we show that such a rapid cooling can be explained once the non-Fermi liquid behavior of the non-superfluid neutron liquid induced by superfluid quantum criticality is included into the theoretical description of neutron star cooling, without assuming the existence of additional energy loss processes. Our results indicate that the neutron star in Cassiopeia A remains in the thermal relaxation stage, which is greatly prolonged by the non-Fermi liquid behavior. The good agreement between our theoretical results and recent observational cooling data points to the pivotal role played by superfluid quantum criticality in neutron stars. |
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| spellingShingle | Rapid cooling of the Cassiopeia A neutron star due to superfluid quantum criticality Zhu, Hao-Fu Liu, Guo-Zhu Wu, Xufen High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Superconductivity Nuclear Theory The rapid cooling of the neutron star in Cassiopeia A is speculated to arise from an enhanced neutrino emission caused by the onset of $^3P_2$-wave neutron superfluidity in the core. However, the neutrino emissivity due to Cooper-pair breaking and formation is in tension with the requirements for explaining the observed cooling rate. Here, we show that such a rapid cooling can be explained once the non-Fermi liquid behavior of the non-superfluid neutron liquid induced by superfluid quantum criticality is included into the theoretical description of neutron star cooling, without assuming the existence of additional energy loss processes. Our results indicate that the neutron star in Cassiopeia A remains in the thermal relaxation stage, which is greatly prolonged by the non-Fermi liquid behavior. The good agreement between our theoretical results and recent observational cooling data points to the pivotal role played by superfluid quantum criticality in neutron stars. |
| title | Rapid cooling of the Cassiopeia A neutron star due to superfluid quantum criticality |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Superconductivity Nuclear Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.21945 |