UNUSUAL NUCLEAR SHAPES AND NEUTRON SPECIFIC-HEAT OF NEUTRON-STAR CRUSTS

Authors
DEBLASIO FV LAZZARI G
Citation
Fv. Deblasio et G. Lazzari, UNUSUAL NUCLEAR SHAPES AND NEUTRON SPECIFIC-HEAT OF NEUTRON-STAR CRUSTS, Physical review. C. Nuclear physics, 52(1), 1995, pp. 418-420
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Physical review. C. Nuclear physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562813
Volume
52
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
418 - 420
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2813(1995)52:1<418:UNSANS>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We investigate the specific heat of superfluid neutrons in the region of the crust of a neutron star characterized by unusual nuclear shapes , whose possible existence has been recently proposed. To describe pai ring properties the results from Reid soft-core potential for nucleon- nucleon interaction are used. It is found that the presence of unusual nuclei causes a sizable increase in the specific heat. The results ca n have consequences in the study of thermal evolution of young neutron stars.