Bose-Einstein condensates in neutron stars

TY - CHAP

T1 - Bose-Einstein condensates in neutron stars

AU - Pethick, C. J.

AU - Schäfer, T.

AU - Schwenk, A.

PY - 2017/4/27

Y1 - 2017/4/27

N2 - In the two decades since the appearance of the book Bose-Einstein Condensation in 1995, there have been a number of developments in our understanding of dense matter. After a brief overview of neutron star structure and the Bose-Einstein condensed phases that have been proposed, we describe selected topics, including neutron and proton pairing gaps; the physics of the inner crust of neutron stars, where a neutron fluid penetrates a lattice of nuclei, meson condensates; and pairing in dense quark matter. Especial emphasis is placed on basic physical effects and on connections to the physics of cold atomic gases.

AB - In the two decades since the appearance of the book Bose-Einstein Condensation in 1995, there have been a number of developments in our understanding of dense matter. After a brief overview of neutron star structure and the Bose-Einstein condensed phases that have been proposed, we describe selected topics, including neutron and proton pairing gaps; the physics of the inner crust of neutron stars, where a neutron fluid penetrates a lattice of nuclei, meson condensates; and pairing in dense quark matter. Especial emphasis is placed on basic physical effects and on connections to the physics of cold atomic gases.

U2 - 10.1017/9781316084366.031

DO - 10.1017/9781316084366.031

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 9781107085695

SP - 573

EP - 592

BT - Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation

A2 - Proukakis, Nick P.

A2 - Snoke, David W.

A2 - Littlewood, Peter B.

PB - Cambridge University Press

ER -