Exploring $^3P_0$ Superfluid in Dilute Spin-Polarized Neutron Matter [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.08690


We study the theoretical possibility of $^3P_0$ neutron superfluid in dilute spin-polarized neutron matter, which may be relevant to the crust region of a magnetized neutron star. In such a dilute regime where the neutron Fermi energy is less than 1 MeV, the $^1S_0$ neutron superfluid can be exhausted by a strong magnetic field of the compact star. At low-energy limit relevant for dilute neutron matter, the $^3P_0$ interaction is stronger than the $^3P_2$ one, which is believed to induce the triplet superfluid in the core. We present the ground-state phase diagram of dilute neutron matter with respect to the magnetic field and numerically estimate the critical temperature of $^3P_0$ neutron superfluid, which exceeds $10^7$~K.

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H. Tajima, H. Funaki, Y. Sekino, et. al.
Tue, 16 May 23
61/83

Comments: 6 pages, 3 figures