Articulo
Rotochemical heating in millisecond pulsars: modified Urca reactions with uniform Cooper pairing gaps
Fecha
2010Registro en:
15010003
WOS:000284150900138
no scielo
eid=2-s2.0-77958527029
Institución
Resumen
Context: When a rotating neutron star loses angular momentum, the reduction in the centrifugal force makes it contract. This perturbs each fluid element, raising the local pressure and originating deviations from beta equilibrium that enhance the neutrino