Transport parameters in neutron stars from in-medium NN cross sections
Abstract
We present a numerical study of shear viscosity and thermal conductivity of symmetric nuclear matter, pure neutron matter, and β-stable nuclear matter, in the framework of the Brueckner theory. The calculation of in-medium cross sections and nucleon effective masses is performed with a consistent two- and three-body interaction. The investigation covers a wide baryon density range as needed in the applications to neutron stars. The results for the transport coefficients in β-stable nuclear matter are used to make preliminary predictions on the damping time scales of nonradial modes in neutron stars.
- Publication:
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Physical Review C
- Pub Date:
- July 2010
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1006.2656
- Bibcode:
- 2010PhRvC..82a5805Z
- Keywords:
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- 97.60.Jd;
- 26.60.-c;
- 21.65.-f;
- Neutron stars;
- Nuclear matter aspects of neutron stars;
- Nuclear matter;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics;
- Nuclear Theory
- E-Print:
- Phys.Rev.C82:015805,2010