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View SchemaThermodynamics of compact-star matter within an ising approach
| Authors | P. Chomaz, C. Ducoin, F. Gulminelli, K. H. O. Hasnaoui, P. Napolitani |
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| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/0610007 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0610007 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2006.12.090 |
| Journal | Nucl.Phys.A787:603-610,2007 |
Abstract
In the formation and evolution of compact stars, nuclear matter explores high thermal excursions and is the site of intense neutrino emission. Neutrino transport as well as structural properties of this matter depend on the presence of inhomogeneous phases (named "pasta" phases), which are the result of Coulomb frustration of the Liquid-Gas phase transition. We take into account charge fluctuations by employing a frustrated lattice-gas model to which we impose a neutrality constraint by the addition of an homogeneous background of charge, representing delocalised electrons. Within this schematic model we highlight a generaic feature of the phase-transition phenomenology: the temperature interval where pasta phases are formed is enhanced by Coulomb-frustration effects. This result is at variance with the behaviour of frustrated ferromagnetic systems as well as hot nuclei and mean-field approaches. Moreover, the region of phase coexistence is not found to end upon a critical point, indicating that no critical opalescence can occur in compact-star matter.
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"abstract": "In the formation and evolution of compact stars, nuclear matter explores high\nthermal excursions and is the site of intense neutrino emission. Neutrino\ntransport as well as structural properties of this matter depend on the\npresence of inhomogeneous phases (named \"pasta\" phases), which are the result\nof Coulomb frustration of the Liquid-Gas phase transition. We take into account\ncharge fluctuations by employing a frustrated lattice-gas model to which we\nimpose a neutrality constraint by the addition of an homogeneous background of\ncharge, representing delocalised electrons. Within this schematic model we\nhighlight a generaic feature of the phase-transition phenomenology: the\ntemperature interval where pasta phases are formed is enhanced by\nCoulomb-frustration effects. This result is at variance with the behaviour of\nfrustrated ferromagnetic systems as well as hot nuclei and mean-field\napproaches. Moreover, the region of phase coexistence is not found to end upon\na critical point, indicating that no critical opalescence can occur in\ncompact-star matter.",
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"title": "Thermodynamics of compact-star matter within an ising approach",
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