Influence of super-strong magnetic field on the electron chemical potential and β decay in the stellar surroundings
Abstract
In this paper, considering the quantum effect of electrons in a super-strong magnetic field, the influence of a super-strong magnetic field on the chemical potential of a non-zero temperature electron is analyzed, the rates of β decay under the super-strong magnetic field are studied, and then we compare them with the case without a magnetic field. Here, the nucleus 63Co is investigated in detail as an example. The results show that a magnetic field that is less than 1010 T has little effect on the electron chemical potential and β decay rates, but the super-strong magnetic field that is greater than 1010 T depresses the electron chemical potential and improves the β decay rates clearly.
- Publication:
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Chinese Physics C
- Pub Date:
- August 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1674-1137/34/8/010
- Bibcode:
- 2010ChPhC..34.1090L