Shear viscosity of degenerate electron matter

Abstract

We calculate the partial electron shear viscosity ${\eta }_{ee}$ limited by electron-electron collisions in a strongly degenerate electron gas taking into account the Landau damping of transverse plasmons. The Landau damping strongly suppresses ${\eta }_{ee}$ in the domain of ultrarelativistic degenerate electrons and modifies its %asymptotic temperature behavior. The efficiency of the electron shear viscosity in the cores of white dwarfs and envelopes of neutron stars is analyzed.

16 pages, 4 figures, accepted to Journal of Physics A

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• Electron-muon heat conduction in neutron star cores via the exchange of transverse plasmons
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• Shear viscosity in neutron star cores