Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8193109 Physics Letters B 2010 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
The linear response of a neutron spin-triplet superfluid onto external weak axial-vector field is studied for the case of 3P2 pairing with a projection of the total angular momentum mj=0. The problem is considered in BCS approximation discarding Fermi-liquid effects. The anomalous axial-vector vertices of neutron quasiparticles possess singularities at some frequencies which specify existence of undamped spin-density waves in the Cooper condensate. The spin waves are of a low excitation energy and are kinematically able to decay into neutrino pairs through neutral weak currents. The calculation predicts significant energy losses from within a neutron star at lowest temperatures when all other mechanisms of neutrino emission are killed by the neutron and proton superfluidity.
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