Bulk viscosity in kaon condensed matter

dc.creatorChatterjee, Debarati
dc.creatorBandyopadhyay, Debades
dc.date2007-02-09
dc.date2007-05-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:21:08Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:21:08Z
dc.descriptionWe investigate the effect of $K^-$ condensed matter on bulk viscosity and r-mode instability in neutron stars. The bulk viscosity coefficient due to the non-leptonic process $n \rightleftharpoons p + K^-$ is studied here. In this connection, equations of state are constructed within the framework of relativistic field theoretical models where nucleon-nucleon and kaon-nucleon interactions are mediated by the exchange of scalar and vector mesons. We find that the bulk viscosity coefficient due to the non-leptonic weak process in the condensate is suppressed by several orders of magnitude. Consequently, kaon bulk viscosity may not damp the r-mode instability in neutron stars.
dc.descriptionLaTeX, 32 pages, 9 figures; two tables and one new figure are added; some figures are modified and discussed in section III; version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702259
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702259
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D75:123006,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.75.123006
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/194175
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleBulk viscosity in kaon condensed matter
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