Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
1993-05-11
Nucl.Phys. A572 (1994) 693-731; Erratum-ibid. A574 (1994) 851
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
31 Pages, 8 Tables ( LaTeX ), 14 uuencoded, tar-compressed postscript figures, NORDITA-93/29 N, SUNY-NTG-92-33
Scientific paper
10.1016/0375-9474(94)90407-3
We investigate the possibility of kaon condensation in the dense interior of neutron stars through the s--wave interaction of kaons with nucleons. We include nucleon--nucleon interactions by using simple parametrizations of realistic forces, and include electrons and muons in $\beta$--equilibrium. The conditions under which kaon condensed cores undergo a transition to quark matter containing strange quarks are also established. The critical density for kaon condensation lies in the range (2.3--5.0)$~\rho_0$, where $\rho_0=0.16$~fm$^{-3}$ is the equilibrium density of nuclear matter. For too large a value of the strangeness content of the proton, matter with a kaon condensate is not sufficiently stiff to support the lower limit of $1.44 M_\odot$ for a neutron star. Kaon condensation dramatically increases the proton abundance of matter and even allows positrons to exist inside the core. We also consider the case when neutrinos are trapped in the matter. Neutrino trapping shifts both kaon condensation and the quark matter transition to higher densities than in the case of cold, catalyzed matter. A newly--formed neutron star is expected to have a rather low central density, the density rising only after mass accretion onto the star ends after a few seconds. Thus, it is likely that if kaon condensation and/or the quark--hadron phase transition occur, they do so only during or after the mass accretion and neutrino trapping stages. We suggest that neutrino observations from a galactic supernova may provide direct evidence for or against a condensate and/or a quark--hadron transition.
Lattimer James M.
Prakash Madappa
Thorsson Vesteinn
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