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Paper: Superfluidity and Entrainment in Neutron-star Crusts
Volume: 466, Electromagnetic Radiation from Pulsars and Magnetars
Page: 203
Authors: Chamel, N.; Pearson, J.; Goriely, S.
Abstract: Despite the absence of viscous drag, the neutron superfluid permeating the inner crust of a neutron star can still be strongly coupled to nuclei due to non-dissipative entrainment effects. Neutron superfluidity and entrainment have been systematically studied in all regions of the inner crust of a cold non-accreting neutron star in the framework of the band theory of solids. It is shown that in the intermediate layers of the inner crust a large fraction of “free” neutrons are actually entrained by the crust. The results suggest that a revision of the interpretation of many observable astrophysical phenomena might be necessary.
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