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Pulsar kicks via spin-1 color superconductivity
Andreas Schmitt
MIT
Abstract:
We propose a new neutrino propulsion mechanism for neutron stars which
can lead to strong velocity kicks, needed to explain the observed bimodal
velocity distribution of pulsars. The spatial asymmetry in the neutrino
emission is naturally provided by a stellar core containing spin-1
color-superconducting quark matter in the A phase. The neutrino propulsion
mechanism switches on when the stellar core temperature drops below the
transition temperature of this phase.
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