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arxiv: nucl-th/0411061 · v3 · submitted 2004-11-16 · ⚛️ nucl-th · astro-ph

Direct Urca neutrino radiation from superfluid baryonic matter

classification ⚛️ nucl-th astro-ph
keywords urcaprocesstemperaturedirectemissivityexponentiallymatterneutrino
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Dense matter in compact stars cools efficiently by neutrino emission via the direct Urca processes n -> p + e + nu and p + e -> n + nu. Below the pairing phase transition temperature Tc these processes are suppressed - at asymptotically low temperatures exponentially. We compute the emissivity of the Urca process at one loop for temperatures T < Tc, in the case where the baryons are paired in the 1S0 partial wave. The Urca process is suppressed linearly, rather than exponentially, within the temperature range 0.1 < T/Tc < 1. The charge-current Cooper pair-breaking process contributes up to 50% of the total Urca emissivity in this temperature range.

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