Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-07-11
Astrophys.J. 581 (2002) L101-L104
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1086/345977
We study the transition of nuclear matter to strange quark matter (SQM) inside neutron stars (NSs). It is shown that the influence of the magnetic field expected to be present in NS interiors has a dramatic effect on the propagation of a laminar deflagration (widely studied so far), generating a strong acceleration of the flame in the polar direction. This results in a strong asymmetry in the geometry of the just formed core of hot SQM which resembles a cylinder orientated in the direction of the magnetic poles of the NS. This geometrical asymmetry gives rise to a bipolar emission of the thermal neutrino-antineutrino pairs produced in the process of SQM formation. The neutrino-antineutrino pairs annihilate into electron-positron pairs just above the polar caps of the NS giving rise to a relativistic fireball, thus providing a suitable form of energy transport and conversion to gamma emission that may be associated to short gamma ray bursts (GRBs).
Dal Pino Elisabete M. de Gouveia
Ghezzi Cristian R.
Horvath Jorge Ernesto
Lugones German
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