Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-10-19
Phys.Rev.Lett. 81 (1998) 4564-4567
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, 6 figures, revtex. Physical Review Letters (accepted)
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.4564
We discuss the nature of the kaon condensation phase transition. We find several features which, if kaons condense in neutron stars, are not only remarkable, but must surely effect such properties as superfluidity and transport properties, which in turn are relevant to the glitch phenomenon and cooling rates of neutron stars. The mixed phase, because of the extensive pressure range that it spans, will occupy a broad radial extent in a neutron star. This region is permeated with microscopic drops (and other configurations) located at lattice sites of one phase immersed in the background of the other phase. The electric charge on drops is opposite to that of the background phase {\sl and} nucleons have a mass approximately a factor two different depending on whether they are in the drops or the background phase. A large part of the stellar interior has this highly non-homogeneous structure.
Glendenning Norman K.
Schaffner-Bielich Jeurgen
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