Neutron Stars as Type I Superconductors

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Apr 2005

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FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Lake Louise Winter Institute. Held 15-21 February 2004 in Lake Louise, A

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

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It has been long believed that the interior of a neutron star consists of a neutron superfluid and a proton Type II superconductor. However, as has been recently shown by Link, long period precession of neutron stars indicates that this picture may be incorrect. In this talk, I will demonstrate a mechanism through which neutron stars could be Type I rather than Type II superconductors. Such a mechanism is due to the previously ignored strong interaction between proton and neutron cooper pairs. Type I proton superconductivity may allow for long period precession, as it implies that the magnetic field penetrates the neutron star in an array of normal domains, instead of magnetic flux tubes as has been previously assumed.

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