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Pairing Interactions in Neutron Stars

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Neutron Stars: Theory and Observation

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 344))

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A microscopic theory for calculating 1 S 0-pairing gaps for neutrons and protons in neutron star matter is presented. While short-range correlations are treated in a semi-empirical way, long-range fluctuations are incorporated consistently by solving coupled two-body equations for the particle-hole interaction and the scattering amplitude at the Fermi surface. The solutions determine the quasiparticle effective mass and the pairing matrix element from which the gaps are found in weak coupling BCS-theory. Implications for neutron star models are briefly discussed.

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  1. J. Wambach

    Present address: Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-5170, Jülich, Germany

  2. T. L. Ainsworth

    Present address: Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Il, 61801, USA

    J. Wambach, T. L. Ainsworth & D. Pines

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Crete and IESL, Research Center of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Joseph Ventura

  2. Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

    David Pines

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Wambach, J., Ainsworth, T.L., Pines, D. (1991). Pairing Interactions in Neutron Stars. In: Ventura, J., Pines, D. (eds) Neutron Stars: Theory and Observation. NATO ASI Series, vol 344. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3536-8_3

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