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Quantum Liquid Signatures in Dwarf Stars

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Gregory Gabadadze, David Pirtskhalava

High Energy Physics - Theory · Submitted 28 Apr 2009

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The authors' main claim It is tempting to interpret the recently discovered abrupt termination of a sequence of 24 helium-core dwarf candidates in NGC 6397 as a signature of the charged condensation.

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CitationDavid Pirtskhalava, Gregory Gabadadze. "Quantum Liquid Signatures in Dwarf Stars." arXiv:0904.4267 (2009). https://pith.science/paper/THXOVVYY
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We develop further the proposal of arXiv:0806.3692 that a new state of matter -- charged condensate of spin-0 nuclei -- may exist in helium-core dwarf stars. The charged condensate and its fluctuations are described by an effective field theory Lagrangian. The spectrum of bosonic fluctuations is gapped, while electrons, at temperatures of interest, give rise to gapless excitations near the Fermi surface. These properties determine the evolution of the dwarfs with condensed cores. In particular, we show that such dwarf stars would cool significantly faster than their crystallized counterparts. As a result, the luminosity function for the helium-core dwarfs will have a sharp drop-off after the condensation. It is tempting to interpret the recently discovered abrupt termination of a sequence of 24 helium-core dwarf candidates in NGC 6397 as a signature of the charged condensation.

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s4 In particular, we show that such dwarf stars would cool significantly faster than their crystallized counterparts. result 1.00 0.91 0.47 asserted 0.99
s5 As a result, the luminosity function for the helium-core dwarfs will have a sharp drop-off after the condensation. result 0.94 0.76 0.28 asserted 0.97
s6 It is tempting to interpret the recently discovered abrupt termination of a sequence of 24 helium-core dwarf candidates in NGC 6397 as a signature of the charged condensation. interpretation 1.00 0.16 0.31 speculative 0.62

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We develop further the proposal of arXiv:0806.3692 that a new state of matter -- charged condensate of spin-0 nuclei -- may exist in helium-core dwarf stars. The charged condensate and its fluctuations are described by an effective field theory Lagrangian. The spectrum of bosonic fluctuations is gapped, while electrons, at temperatures of interest, give rise to gapless excitations near the Fermi surface. These properties determine the evolution of the dwarfs with condensed cores. In particular, we show that such dwarf stars would cool significantly faster than their crystallized counterparts. As a result, the luminosity function for the helium-core dwarfs will have a sharp drop-off after the condensation. It is tempting to interpret the recently discovered abrupt termination of a sequence of 24 helium-core dwarf candidates in NGC 6397 as a signature of the charged condensation.

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  • Using the approach of [ref] , and following [ref] we consider an over-simplified model of a reference helium star of mass $M=0.5 M_⊙$ with the atmospheric mass fractions of hydrogen, and heavy elements (metallicity) respectively equal to X≃0.99, Z_m ≃(0.0002-0.002) .

    Effective Field Theory for Quantum Liquid in Dwarf Stars · White dwarf cooling · 0.86

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  • In a number of previous papers the possibility of forming a charged condensate in the core of white dwarfs, composed mainly of a single element (Helium or Carbon), and its impact on the cooling process has been studied [ref] .

    Two Component Charged Condensate in White Dwarfs · Introduction and Summary · 0.93

  • For simplicity we take the system to be at zero temperature (for some discussions of finite temperature effects see, [ref] ).

    Vortex Structure in Charged Condensate · Charged condensate: relativistic Lagrangian · 0.95

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  • We use an effective Lagrangian description to study the charged condensate[An effective field theory that describes the charged condensate was discussed in Refs. [ref] .

    Charged Condensation · Introduction · 0.82

  • We use an effective Lagrangian description to study the charged condensate[An effective field theory that describes the charged condensate was discussed in Refs. [ref] .

    Charged Condensate and Helium Dwarf Stars · Introduction · 0.82

  • For discussions of non-perturbative (meta)stability of the charged condensate in a different context, see [ref] .

    Electrodynamic Metanuclei · Introduction · 0.96

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