Pulsar kicks by anisotropic neutrino emission from quark matter in strong magnetic fields

2007/08/17 by Irina Sagert, I. Sagert, J. Schaffner-Bielich +1 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Bottom quark #Down quark #Neutrino #Neutron star #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Pulsar #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Quark #Quark star #Strange matter #Strange quark #Top quark #Up quark #astro-ph #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078530

14 pages, 10 figures

arxiv created 2007/08/17 · openalex publication_date 2008/07/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims. We critically discuss a pulsar acceleration mechanism based on asymmetric neutrino emission from the direct quark Urca process in the interior of proto neutron stars.

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