Bulk viscosity in a neutron star mantle
arXiv:1809.08609 · doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2639
Abstract
We study the bulk viscosity in two (anti-spaghetti and Swiss cheese) phases of non- spherical nuclei in the mantle of an oscillating neutron star near the boundary with the stellar core. The bulk viscosity is produced by non-equilibrium Urca neutrino emis- sion processes. In the mantle, the direct Urca process may be open (Gusakov et al., 2004) if neutrons and protons move in a periodic potential created by a lattice of non- spherical nuclei (which allows the nucleons to have large quasi-momenta and satisfy direct Urca momentum-conservation). This bulk viscosity can dominate over that due to the modified Urca process in the outer stellar core and over the shear viscosity. The bulk viscosity depends strongly on temperature, oscillation frequency and nucleon superfluidity. The enhanced bulk viscosity in the mantle can control propagation and damping of neutron star oscillations.
arXiv comment7 pages, 1 figure, MNRAS, accepted
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