Bose-Einstein condensates in neutron stars [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.05839


In the two decades since the appearance of the book “Bose-Einstein Condensation” in 1995, there have been a number of developments in our understanding of dense matter. After a brief overview of neutron star structure and the Bose-Einstein condensed phases that have been proposed, we describe selected topics, including neutron and proton pairing gaps, the physics of the inner crust of neutron stars, where a neutron fluid penetrates a lattice of nuclei, meson condensates, and pairing in dense quark matter. Especial emphasis is placed on basic physical effects and on connections to the physics of cold atomic gases.

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C. Pethick, T. Schaefer and A. Schwenk
Wed, 22 Jul 15
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Comments: 22 pages, 2 figures, to appear in “Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation”, edited by D.W. Snoke, N.P. Proukakis and P.B. Littlewood (Cambridge University Press)