Dark lepton superfluid in proto-neutron stars
Dark lepton superfluid in proto-neutron stars
Pacific
Speaker(s) Dake Zhou (N3AS-PFC Fellow), Northwestern
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I will discuss how sub-GeV neutrino portal bosons that carry lepton number can condense inside a proto-neutron star (newly born neutron star). These bosons are produced copiously and form a Bose-Einstein condensate for a range of as yet unconstrained coupling strengths to neutrinos. The condensate is a lepton number superfluid with transport properties that differ dramatically from those encountered in ordinary dense nuclear matter. I will discuss how this phase of matter could alter the evolution of proto-neutron stars and comment on the implications for neutrino signals and nucleosynthesis.
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