Hyperon-Induced Inhomogeneous Pion Condensation and Moat Regimes in Neutron Star Cores
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| author | Motta, Theo F. Pradinett, Randall H. V. Krein, Gastão |
| author_facet | Motta, Theo F. Pradinett, Randall H. V. Krein, Gastão |
| contents | We perform a stability analysis of the homogeneous ground state of nuclear matter against inhomogeneous perturbations of the pion condensate. In $β$-equilibrium, restricting the baryon species to nucleons only, we observe no instability; however, at high densities, the pseudoscalar density-density correlations assume a moat regime, i.e. a damped oscillatory patterned spatial correlation, which in momentum space appears as a non-zero global minimum for some finite three-momentum. When hyperons are permitted to appear, this minimum can cross down to negative values, which configures an instability towards an inhomogeneous pion condensate which ultimately will affect the equation of state. |
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| spellingShingle | Hyperon-Induced Inhomogeneous Pion Condensation and Moat Regimes in Neutron Star Cores Motta, Theo F. Pradinett, Randall H. V. Krein, Gastão Nuclear Theory High Energy Physics - Phenomenology We perform a stability analysis of the homogeneous ground state of nuclear matter against inhomogeneous perturbations of the pion condensate. In $β$-equilibrium, restricting the baryon species to nucleons only, we observe no instability; however, at high densities, the pseudoscalar density-density correlations assume a moat regime, i.e. a damped oscillatory patterned spatial correlation, which in momentum space appears as a non-zero global minimum for some finite three-momentum. When hyperons are permitted to appear, this minimum can cross down to negative values, which configures an instability towards an inhomogeneous pion condensate which ultimately will affect the equation of state. |
| title | Hyperon-Induced Inhomogeneous Pion Condensation and Moat Regimes in Neutron Star Cores |
| topic | Nuclear Theory High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23433 |