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Title: Time-dependent nuclear energy-density functional theory toolkit for neutron star crust: Dynamics of a nucleus in a neutron superfluid
(Submitted on 26 Mar 2024)
Abstract: We present a new numerical tool designed to probe the dense layers of neutron star crusts. It is based on the Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory with generalized Skyrme nuclear energy density functionals, such as the Brussels-Montreal ones. We use it to study the time evolution of a nucleus accelerating through superfluid neutron medium in the inner crust of a neutron star. We extract an effective mass in the low velocity limit. We observe a threshold velocity and specify mechanisms of dissipation: phonon emission, Cooper pairs breaking, and vortex rings creation. The microscopic effects we study have impact on neutron star. Moreover, the mechanisms, we described, are general and apply also to other fermionic superfluid mixtures like liquid helium, or ultracold gases.
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