新生中子星的性质与三体核力效应

在Brueckner-Hartree-Fock理论框架内, 研究了新生中子星的状态方程和性质, 计算了新生中子星的最大质量和新生中子星中质子占总核子数的丰度, 特别是讨论了三体核力和中微子束缚效应的影响以及三体核力和中微子束缚效应的相互影响. 结果表明, 无论是否考虑三体核力, 中微子束缚对新生中子星的状态方程和质子丰度均有明显影响. 中微子束缚导致新生中子星物质中的质子丰度显著增大. 三体核力的贡献是使新生中子星的状态方程变硬并导致新生中子星中质子丰度明显增大. 束缚在中子星物质中的中微子显著减弱了三体核力对于中子星物质中质子丰度的影响.     

中微子束缚效应对致密物质状态的影响

用手征强子模型研究在中微子束缚情况下对致密物质状态及其对前中子星结构的影响.结果表明中微子束缚效应提高了致密物质中质子的含量,使致密物质的状态方程变软,并使前中子星的最大质量与半径减小     

中子星的直接URCA过程

D-URCA过程是中子星发射中微子冷却中最快的机制. 中子星发生D-URCA过程需要较高的质子分数比, 该比值取决于核力的同位旋依赖性, 而核力的同位旋依赖性与重核(如²⁰⁸Pb)的中子皮厚度相关. 为此,基于相对论平均场理论, 采用PK1，NL3，S271，Z271有效相互作用, 在拉氏量中引入同位旋相关的高阶修正项, 本文研究了中子星的质子分数比以及D-URCA过程与²⁰⁸Pb的中子皮厚度之间的关系.     

中子星物质中的K介子凝聚

用密度相关的相对论平均场理论计算了中子星物质中的K介子凝聚,结果表明中子星物质发生K介子凝聚的临界密度约为2.75ρ₀.中子星物质URCA过程发生的临界密度在考虑DB核物质中核子自能动量修正时为ρρ0≈3.16,在不考虑DB核物质中核子自能动量修正时为ρρ0≈2.25,并进一步计算了密度相关的相对论平均场理论两种参数形式对中子星物质状态方程的影响.     

温度对有中微子束缚的致密物质性质的影响

把FST模型应用于温度对有中微子束缚的致密物质性质的研究中.结果表明中微子的束缚使得致密物质系统中的质子含量有所增加,温度对npe系统(无中微子束缚)的质子含量的影响比其对npeν_e系统(有中微子束缚)的影响明显.温度的升高使两个系统的能量密度都有所升高,同时,由它们所组成的前中子星的最大质量和Kepler周期都有一定程度的下降.     

电荷屏蔽对快中子俘获过程的影响

本文计算在初生中子星中微子驱动的星风环境中弱电荷屏蔽对质子电子俘获反应的影响.结果表明电荷屏蔽对星风中核子的比加热率、熵等物理参量基本没有影响.但是可以明显提高电子丰度,而这种提高有力地支持了最新的快中子俘获核合成结果.     

中子星内壳层的物态方程和质子丰度

求解了恒定均匀的强磁场中核子的能谱和波函数，在手征表象中给出含核子反常磁矩(AMM)项的Dirac方程的解；并且计算了中子星内壳层物质的物态方程(EOS)和粒子丰度，发现在强磁场中磁能将使中子星内壳层的压强增加但物质仍然是丰中子，AMM项对质子的极化度有明显效应.     

超强磁场下电子朗道能级稳定性及对电子费米能的影响

磁星是一类由磁场供能、强磁化的中子星,其内部磁场远高于电子的量子临界磁场.本文通过引入电子朗道能级的稳定性系数g_n,讨论了在磁星环境下电子的朗道能级的稳定性及其对电子费米能E_F(e)的影响;研究发现,磁场越强,电子的朗道能级越不稳定,最大的朗道能级级数n_(max)越小;朗道能级数n越大,能级稳定性系数g_n越小.根据朗道能级的稳定性系数g_n随磁场的增加而减小的要求,电子费米能表达式的磁场指数β必须是正数.通过引入Dirac-δ函数,推导出超强磁场下的简并的、相对论电子费米能的一般表达式,修正了E_F(e)的特解.新的特解给出磁场指数β=1/6;特解的适用范围ρ≥10~7g·cm~(-3),Bcr≤B≤10~(17)G.本文结果将有助于中子星内部弱相互作用过程(包括修正的URCA反应和电子俘获)和磁星磁热演化机理的研究.     

均匀强磁场中中子星物质的物态方程

在Walecka模型的平均场近似下,研究了由质子、中子和电子组成的中子星物质在均匀强磁场中的性质,发现磁场增强,物态方程会在一定程度上变硬,中子所占比例显著增加,质子和电子所占比例会显著减少,磁场对物态方程的影响比它对粒子组分的影响小.本文还分别利用流体力学公式和热力学公式分别计算了中子星物质的压强,发现磁场越强,用这两种方式计算的压强越接近,当磁场为10¹⁴T时,它们完全重合.     

超强磁场对中子星外壳层核素56Fe,56Co,56Ni,56Mn和56Cr电子俘获过程中微子能量损失的影响

研究了超强磁场对中子星外壳层核素⁵⁶Fe,⁵⁶Co,⁵⁶Ni,⁵⁶Mn和⁵⁶Cr电子俘获过程中微子能量损失的影响.结果表明,就大部分中子星表面的磁场B<10¹³G,超强磁场对中微子能量损失率的影响很小.对于一些磁场范围为10¹³—10¹⁵G的超磁星,超强磁场可使中微子能量损失率大大降低,甚至超过5个数量级.     

Relativistic theory of inverse beta-decay of polarized neutron in strong magnetic field

The relativistic theory of the inverse beta-decay of polarized neutron,ν _e +n → > p +e ^-, in strong magnetic field is developed. For the proton wave function we use the exact solution of the Dirac equation in the magnetic filed that enables us to account exactly for effects of the proton momentum quantization in the magnetic field and also for the proton recoil motion. The effect of nucleons anomalous magnetic moments in strong magnetic fields is also discussed. We examine the cross-section for different energies and directions of propagation of the initial neutrino accounting for neutron polarization. It is shown that in the super-strong magnetic field the totally polarized neutron matter is transparent for neutrinos propagating antiparallel to the direction of polarization. The developed relativistic approach can be used for calculations of cross-sections of the other URCA processes in strong magnetic fields.     

Neutrino energy loss by electron capture in magnetic field at the crusts of neutron stars

Based on the p-f shell model,the effect of strong magnetic field on neutrino energy loss rates by electron capture is investigated.The calculations show that the magnetic field has only a slight effect on the neutrino energy loss rates in the range of 108-1013 G on the surfaces of most neutron stars.But for some magnetars,the range of the magnetic field is 1013-1018 G,and the neutrino energy loss rates are greatly reduced,even by more than four orders of magnitude due to the strong magnetic field.     

Neutrino energy loss by electron capture in magnetic field at the crusts of neutron stars

Based on the p-f shell model, the effect of strong magnetic field on neutrino energy loss rates by electron capture is investigated. The calculations show that the magnetic field has only a slight effect on the neutrino energy loss rates in the range of 10⁸—10¹³G on the surfaces of most neutron stars. But for some magnetars, the range of the magnetic field is 10¹³—10¹⁸G, and the neutrino energy loss rates are greatly reduced, even by more than four orders of magnitude due to the strong magnetic field.     

Neutrino interaction with nucleons in the envelope of a collapsing star with a strong magnetic field

The interaction of neutrinos with nucleons in the envelope of a remnant of collapsing system with a strong magnetic field during the passage of the main neutrino flux is investigated. General expressions are derived for the reaction rates and for the energy-momentum transferred to the medium through the neutrino scattering by nucleons and in the direct URCA processes. Parameters of the medium in a strong magnetic field are calculated under the condition of quasi-equilibrium with neutrinos. Numerical estimates are given for the neutrino mean free paths and for the density of the force acting on the envelope along the magnetic field. It is shown that, in a strong toroidal magnetic field, the envelope region partially transparent to neutrinos can acquire a large angular acceleration on the passage time scales of the main neutrino flux.     

Photoneutrino energy loss rates under magnetic field

The neutrino energy loss rate is calculated due to the photoneutrino process in a hot plasma, under magnetic field.

The calculations done for low densities and relatively low temperatures may be used for astrophysical estimations in neutron stars.

     

Neutrino-Pair Bremsstrahlung from a Hot Plasma in the Presence of a Strong Magnetic Field

The stellar energy loss rate due to the production of neutrino pairs by Bremsstrahlung is calculated for neutron stars in the presence of a strong magnetic field (B ? 10¹² G) and the Coulomb field of the positive ions. The calculated energy loss rates are applied to nonrelativistic electrons at low densities ? 10⁵ gm/cm³ and relatively low temperatures T ? 10⁹ K.     

Resonance neutrino bremsstrahlung ν → νγ in a strong magnetic field

High energy neutrino bremsstrahlung ν → ν + γ in a strong magnetic field (B B_s) is studied in the framework of the Standard Model (SM). A resonance probability and a four-vector of the neutrino energy and momentum loss are presented. A possible manifestation of the neutrino bremsstrahlung in astrophysical cataclysm of type of a supernova explosion or a merger of neutron stars, as an origin of cosmological γ-burst is briefly discussed.     

Neutrino emissivity of the nucleon direct URCA process for rotational traditional and hyperonic neutron stars

Based on covariant density functional theory, we study the effects of rotation on the nucleon direct URCA(N-DURCA) process for traditional and hyperonic neutron stars. The calculated results indicate that, for a fixed mass sequence of rotational traditional neutron stars, the neutrino emissivity of the star is nearly invariant with increasing frequency, while it always increases for rotational hyperonic neutron stars. Thus, rotation has different effects on the N-DURCA process for these two kinds of neutron stars.     

Magnetorotational Mechanism of the Explosion of Core-Collapse Supernovae

The idea of the magnetorotational explosion mechanism is that the energy of rotation of the neutron star formed in the course of a collapse is transformed into the energy of an expanding shock wave by means of a magnetic field. In the two-dimensional case, the time of this transformation depends weakly on the initial strength of the poloidal magnetic field because of the development of a magnetorotational instability. Differential rotation leads to the twisting and growth of the toroidal magnetic-field component, which becomes much stronger than the poloidal component. As a result, the development of the instability and an exponential growth of all field components occur. The explosion topology depends on the structure of the magnetic field. In the case where the initial configuration of the magnetic field is close to a dipole configuration, the ejection of matter has a jet character, whereas, in the case of a quadrupole configuration, there arises an equatorial ejection. In either case, the energy release is sufficient for explaining the observed average energy of supernova explosion. Neutrinos are emitted as the collapse and the formation of a rapidly rotating neutron star proceeds. In addition, neutrino radiation arises in the process of magnetorotational explosion owing to additional rotational-energy losses. If the mass of a newborn neutron star exceeds the mass limit for a nonrotating neutron star, then subsequent gradual energy losses may later lead to the formation of a black hole. In that case, the energy carried away by a repeated flash of neutrino radiation increases substantially. In order to explain an interval of 4.5 hours between the two observed neutrino signals from SN 1987A, it is necessary to assume a weakening of the magnetorotional instability and a small initial magnetic field (10⁹?10¹⁰ G) in the newly formed rotating neutron star. The existence of a black hole in the SN 1987A remnant could explain the absence of any visible pointlike source at the center of the explosion.