Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-04-13
Astron.Astrophys.357:1157-1169,2000
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages, 7 figures, latex, uses aa.cls, to be published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Scientific paper
The bulk viscosity of the neutron star matter due to the direct Urca processes involving nucleons, electrons and muons is studied taking into account possible superfluidity of nucleons in the neutron star cores. The cases of singlet-state pairing or triplet-state pairing (without and with nodes of the superfluid gap at the Fermi surface) of nucleons are considered. It is shown that the superfluidity may strongly reduce the bulk viscosity. The practical expressions for the superfluid reduction factors are obtained. For illustration, the bulk viscosity is calculated for two models of dense matter composed of neutrons, protons,electrons and muons. The presence of muons affects the bulk viscosity due to the direct Urca reactions involving electrons and produces additional comparable contribution due to the direct Urca reactions involving muons. The results can be useful for studying damping of vibrations of neutron stars with superfluid cores.
Haensel Pawel
Levenfish K. P.
Yakovlev Dmitry G.
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