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Spin change of a proto-neutron star by the emission of neutrinos.
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Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics . Apr2012, Vol. 85 Issue 4, p1-7. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- We investigate the structure of proto-neutron stars (PNSs) with trapped neutrinos by using a quark-meson coupling model. We adopt a phenomenological lepton density which is diffuse near the surface. We calculate the populations of baryons and leptons, the equations of state, and the mass-radius relation for isentropic PNS models. In addition, the moment of inertia is calculated for both PNS and cold-neutron-star (CNS) models as a means to study the change of the spin period due to the neutrino emission from a PNS. Neutrino emission from a hyperonic neutron star is shown to increase the spin by about 10% of the initial spin, while the spin of a nucleonic neutron star with a central density above ρc &ap; 5ρ0 is decreased by a few % by the emission of neutrinos. Therefore, the spin change owing to the leakage of neutrinos from a PNS is a small (<10%) correction compared to other processes related to the spin change [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 05562813
- Volume :
- 85
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 77253269
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.045803