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Cooling of neutron stars in soft X-ray transients with realistic crust composition
A. Y. Potekhin, A. I. Chugunov, N. N. Shchechilin +1
Thermal radiation of neutron stars in soft X-ray transients (SXTs) in a quiescent state is believed to be powered by the heat deposited in the stellar crust due to nuclear reaction…
Role of neutron pairing with density-gradient dependence in the semi-microscopic treatment of the inner crust of neutron stars
Nicolas Chamel, John-Michael Pearson, Nikolay N. Shchechilin
Using the fourth-order extended Thomas-Fermi method with Strutinsky-integral shell and pairing corrections, we calculate the inner crust of neutron stars with the BSk31 functional,…
Accreting neutron stars: composition of the upper layers of the inner crust
Nikolay N. Shchechilin, Mikhail E. Gusakov, Andrey I. Chugunov
We model the nuclear evolution of an accreted matter as it sinks toward the stellar center, in order to find its composition and equation of state. To this aim, we developed a simp…
Accreting neutron stars: heating of the upper layers of the inner crust
Nikolay N. Shchechilin, Mikhail E. Gusakov, Andrey I. Chugunov
Neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries are thought to be heated up by accretion-induced exothermic nuclear reactions in the crust. The energy release and the location of the heat…
Deep crustal heating for realistic compositions of thermonuclear ashes
Nikolay N. Shchechilin, Mikhail E. Gusakov, Andrey I. Chugunov
The deep crustal heating, associated with exothermal nuclear reactions, is believed to be a key parameter for describing the thermal evolution of accreting neutron stars. In this p…
Crucial role of neutron diffusion in the crust of accreting neutron stars
Andrey Chugunov, Nikolay Shchechilin
Observed temperatures of transiently accreting neutron stars in the quiescent state are generally believed to be supported by deep crustal heating, associated with non-equilibrium…
Equation of state and composition of the inner crust of an accreting neutron star: multicomponent model
Nikolay N. Shchechilin, Andrey I. Chugunov
Correct interpretation of X-ray observations of transiently accreting neutron stars requires modeling of nuclear-physical processes in these objects. We consider a chain of nuclear…