Mutual Friction in Superfluid Neutron Stars

Details Mutual Friction in Superfluid Neutron Stars Mutual Friction in Superfluid Neutron Stars

2005-10-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0510057v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.368:162-170,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

MNRAS style, 10 pages

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10147.x

We discuss vortex-mediated mutual friction in the two-fluid model for superfluid neutron star cores. Our discussion is based on the general formalism developed by Carter and collaborators, which makes due distinction between transport velocity and momentum for each fluid. This is essential for an implementation of the so-called entrainment effect, whereby the flow of one fluid imparts momentum in the other and vice versa. The mutual friction follows by balancing the Magnus force that acts on the quantised neutron vortices with a resistive force due to the scattering of electrons off of the magnetic field with which each vortex core is endowed. We derive the form of the macroscopic mutual friction force which is relevant for a model based on smooth-averaging over a collection of vortices. We discuss the coefficients that enter the expression for this force, and the timescale on which the two interpenetrating fluids in a neutron star core are coupled. This discussion confirms that our new formulation accords well with previous work in this area.

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