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A realistic model of superfluidity in the neutron star inner crust
A semi-microscopic self-consistent quantum approach developed recently to
describe the inner crust structure of neutron stars within the Wigner-Seitz
(WS) method with the explicit inclusion of neutron and proton pairing
correlations is further developed. In this approach, the generalized energy
functional is used which contains the anomalous term describing the pairing. It
is constructed by matching the realistic phenomenological functional by Fayans
et al. for describing the nuclear-type cluster in the center of the WS cell
with the one calculated microscopically for neutron matter. Previously the
anomalous part of the latter was calculated within the BCS approximation. In
this work corrections to the BCS theory which are known from the many-body
theory of pairing in neutron matter are included into the energy functional in
an approximate way. These modifications have a sizable influence on the
equilibrium configuration of the inner crust, i.e. on the proton charge Z and
the radius R_c of the WS cell. The effects are quite significant in the region
where the neutron pairing gap is larger.Comment: 24 pages, 14 figures; LaTeX, submitted to EPJ
A simple model for the microscopic effective pairing interaction
The microscopic effective pairing interaction in the -channel is
investigated for two different values of the chemical potential starting
from the separable form of the Paris NN-potential. It is shown that, within a
high accuracy, this effective interaction can be approximated by the off-shell
free T-matrix taken at the negative energy .Comment: LaTeX, 8 pages, 6 ps-figure
Surface behaviour of the pairing gap in semi-infinite nuclear matter
The -pairing gap in semi-infinite nuclear matter is evaluated
microscopically using the effective pairing interaction recently found
explicitly in the coordinate representation starting from the separable form of
the Paris NN-potential. Instead of direct iterative solution of the gap
equation, a new method proposed by V.A.Khodel, V.V.Khodel and J.W.Clark was
used which simplifies the procedure significantly. The gap obtained in
our calculations exibits a strong variation in the surface region with a
pronounced maximum near the surface.Comment: 9 pages, 2 ps figure
Surface behaviour of the pairing gap in a slab of nuclear matter
The surface behaviour of the pairing gap previously studied for semi-infinite
nuclear matter is analyzed in the slab geometry. The gap-shape function is
calculated in two cases: (a) pairing with the Gogny force in a hard-wall
potential and (b) pairing with the separable Paris interaction in a Saxon-Woods
mean-field potential. It is shown that the surface features are preserved in
the case of slab geometry, being almost independent of the width of the slab.
It is also demonstrated that the surface enhancement is strengthened as the
absolute value of chemical potential decreases which simulates the
approach to the nucleon drip line.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figure
Microscopic origin of pairing
A brief review of recent progress in the ab intio theory of nuclear pairing
is given. Nowdays several successful solutions of the ab intio BCS theory gap
equation were published which show that it is a promising first step in the
problem. However, the role of many-body correlations that go beyond the BCS
scheme remains uncertain and requires further investigations. As an
alternative, the semi-microscopic model is discussed in which the effective
pairing interaction calculated from the first principles is supplemented with a
small phenomenological addendum containing one phenomenological parameter
universal for all medium and heavy atomic nuclei.Comment: Contribution to the Volume 50 years of Nuclear BCS edited by World
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Non-locality in the nucleon-nucleon interaction and nuclear matter saturation
We study the possible relationship between the saturation properties of
nuclear matter and the inclusion of non-locality in the nucleon-nucleon
interaction. To this purpose we compute the saturation curve of nuclear matter
within the Bethe-Brueckner-Goldstone theory using a recently proposed realistic
non-local potential, and compare it with the corresponding curves obtained with
a purely local realistic interaction (Argonne v) and the most recent
version of the one-boson exchange potential (CD Bonn). We find that the
inclusion of non-locality in the two-nucleon bare interaction strongly affects
saturation, but it is unable to provide a consistent description of few-body
nuclear systems and nuclear matter.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures; v2: introduction extended, references added,
discussion of fig.8 reformulated; to be published in Phys. Rev.
Hybrid protoneutron stars with the MIT bag model
We study the hadron-quark phase transition in the interior of protoneutron
stars. For the hadronic sector, we use a microscopic equation of state
involving nucleons and hyperons derived within the finite-temperature
Brueckner-Bethe-Goldstone many-body theory, with realistic two-body and
three-body forces. For the description of quark matter, we employ the MIT bag
model both with a constant and a density-dependent bag parameter. We calculate
the structure of protostars with the equation of state comprising both phases
and find maximum masses below 1.6 solar masses. Metastable heavy hybrid
protostars are not found.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figures submitted to Phys. Rev.
Protoneutron stars within the Brueckner-Bethe-Goldstone theory
We study the structure of newly born neutron stars (protoneutron stars)
within the finite temperature Brueckner-Bethe-Goldstone theoretical approach
including also hyperons. We find that for purely nucleonic stars both finite
temperature and neutrino trapping reduce the value of the maximum mass. For
hyperonic stars the effect is reversed, because neutrino trapping shifts the
appearance of hyperons to larger baryon density and stiffens considerably the
equation of state.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Astronomy & Astrophysic
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