4 papers
Neutrino opacities in magnetic fields for binary neutron star merger simulations
Mia Kumamoto, Catherine Welch
Neutrino interactions play a central role in transport and flavor evolution in the ejecta of binary neutron star mergers. Simulations suggest that neutron star mergers may produce…
Pi in the Sky: Neutron Stars with Exceptionally Light QCD Axions
Mia Kumamoto, Junwu Huang, Christian Drischler +2
We present a comprehensive study of axion condensed neutron stars that arise in models of an exceptionally light axion that couples to quantum chromodynamics (QCD). These axions so…
Effects of Landau quantization on neutrino emission and absorption
Mia Kumamoto, Catherine Welch
Some neutron stars known as magnetars possess very strong magnetic fields, with surface fields as large as and internal fields that are possibly stronger. Recent o…
The Kohn-Luttinger Effect in Dense Matter and its Implications for Neutron Stars
Mia Kumamoto, Sanjay Reddy
Repulsive short-range interactions can induce p-wave attraction between fermions in dense matter and lead to Cooper pairing at the Fermi surface. We investigate this phenomenon, we…