scholarly journals The νR-philic scalar: its loop-induced interactions and Yukawa forces in LIGO observations

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xun-Jie Xu
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Binary System ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Current Sensitivity ◽  
Effective Interactions ◽  
Fifth Force ◽  
Yukawa Force

Abstract Right-handed neutrinos (νR) are often considered as a portal to new hidden physics. It is tempting to consider a gauge singlet scalar (ϕ) that exclusively couples to νR via a νRνRϕ term. Such a νR-philic scalar does not interact with charged fermions at tree level but loop-induced effective interactions are inevitable, which are systematically investigated in this work. The magnitude of the loop-induced couplings coincidentally meets the current sensitivity of fifth-force searches. In particular, the loop-induced coupling to muons could be tested in the recent LIGO observations of neutron star mergers as there might be a sizable Yukawa force in the binary system mediated by the νR-philic scalar.

scholarly journals Causality, unitarity and symmetry in effective field theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Trott
Keyword(s):  
Effective Field ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Global Symmetry ◽  
Fundamental Limits ◽  
Effective Interactions ◽  
Effective Contact ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
Forward Limit ◽  
Mass Dimension ◽  
Flavour Violation

Abstract Sum rules in effective field theories, predicated upon causality, place restrictions on scattering amplitudes mediated by effective contact interactions. Through unitarity of the S-matrix, these imply that the size of higher dimensional corrections to transition amplitudes between different states is bounded by the strength of their contributions to elastic forward scattering processes. This places fundamental limits on the extent to which hypothetical symmetries can be broken by effective interactions. All analysis is for dimension 8 operators in the forward limit. Included is a thorough derivation of all positivity bounds for a chiral fermion in SU(2) and SU(3) global symmetry representations resembling those of the Standard Model, general bounds on flavour violation, new bounds for interactions between particles of different spin, inclusion of loops of dimension 6 operators and illustration of the resulting strengthening of positivity bounds over tree-level expectations, a catalogue of supersymmetric effective interactions up to mass dimension 8 and 4 legs and the demonstration that supersymmetry unifies the positivity theorems as well as the new bounds.

A strongly magnetic neutron star in a nearly face-on binary system

Nature ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 382 (6587) ◽  
pp. 141-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Daumerie ◽  
Vassiliki Kalogera ◽  
Frederick K. Lamb ◽  
Dimitrios Psaltis
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Binary System

scholarly journals Spin Evolution of the Progenitors of Binary and Millisecond Pulsars

1996 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
Pranab Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Neutron Star ◽  
Binary System ◽  
Neutron Stars ◽  
High Magnetic Field ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Millisecond Pulsars ◽  
History Of ◽  
Low Magnetic Field ◽  
Fast Rotating

In this symposium, I have been given the task of summarizing our current understanding of the evolutionary history of spin periods of the neutron stars that we now see as binary and millisecond pulsars, i.e., recycled pulsars. We believe that a newborn, fast-spinning neutron star (with a rather high magnetic field ∼1011–1013 G) in a binary system first operates as a spin-powered pulsar, subsequently as an accretion-powered pulsar when accretion begins after the pulsar has been spun down adequately, and finally as a spin-powered pulsar for the second time after having been recycled to become a very fast-rotating neutron star (with a rather low magnetic field ∼108–1011 G) (see Ghosh 1994a, b, hereafter G94a, b).

scholarly journals Torque Reversals in Disk Accreting Pulsars

1998 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-253
Author(s):  
Jianke Li ◽  
Dayal T. Wickramasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Binary System ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Time Scale ◽  
Accretion Rate ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
X Ray ◽  
The Past ◽  
X Ray Binaries ◽  
Coherent Picture

AbstractX-ray binaries in which the accreting component is a neutron star commonly exhibit significant changes in their spin. In the system Cen X-3, a disk accreting binary system, the pulsar was observed to spin up at a rate ḟ = 8 × 10−13 Hz s−1 when averaged over the past twenty years, but significant fluctuations were observed above this mean. Recent BASTE observations have disclosed that these fluctuations are much larger than previously noted, and appeared to be a system characteristic. The change in the spin state from spin-up to spin-down or vice-versa occurs on a time scale that is much shorter than the instrument can resolve (≤1 d), but appears always to be a similar amplitude, and to occur stochastically. These observations have posed a problem for the conventional torque–mass accretion relation for accreting pulsars, because in this model the spin rate is closely related to the accretion rate, and the latter needs to be finely tuned and to change abruptly to explain the observations. Here we review recent work in this direction and present a coherent picture that explains these observations. We also draw attention to some outstanding problems for future studies.

scholarly journals SPECTRAL AND TIMING NATURE OF THE SYMBIOTIC X-RAY BINARY 4U 1954+319: THE SLOWEST ROTATING NEUTRON STAR IN AN X-RAY BINARY SYSTEM

2014 ◽  
Vol 786 (2) ◽  
pp. 127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teruaki Enoto ◽  
Makoto Sasano ◽  
Shin'ya Yamada ◽  
Toru Tamagawa ◽  
Kazuo Makishima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Binary System ◽  
X Ray

On the formation of a neutron star in a close binary system

1971 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 464-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
George E. McCluskey ◽  
Yoji Kondo
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Binary System ◽  
Close Binary System ◽  
Close Binary

Electromagnetic bursting of a rapidly rotating magnetized neutron star in a close binary system

1995 ◽  
Vol 231 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 437-440
Author(s):  
A. Treves ◽  
E. Szuszkiewicz ◽  
M. Tavani
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Binary System ◽  
Close Binary System ◽  
Close Binary

Accretion of matter by a neutron star in a binary system. I

Astrophysics ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-217
Author(s):  
P. R. Amnuél' ◽  
O. Kh. Guseinov
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Binary System

scholarly journals Binary evolution leading to the formation of the very massive neutron star in the J0740+6620 binary system

2020 ◽  
Vol 495 (2) ◽  
pp. 2509-2514
Author(s):  
M Echeveste ◽  
M L Novarino ◽  
O G Benvenuto ◽  
M A De Vito
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Binary System ◽  
Effective Temperature ◽  
Binary Systems ◽  
Close Binary ◽  
Normal Donor ◽  
Millisecond Pulsar ◽  
Massive Neutron Star ◽  
Binary Evolution ◽  
Age Of The Universe

ABSTRACT We study the evolution of close binary systems in order to account for the existence of the recently observed binary system containing the most massive millisecond pulsar ever detected, PSR J0740+6620, and its ultra-cool helium white dwarf companion. In order to find a progenitor for this object we compute the evolution of several binary systems composed by a neutron star and a normal donor star employing our stellar code. We assume conservative mass transfer. We also explore the effects of irradiation feedback on the system. We find that irradiated models also provide adequate models for the millisecond pulsar and its companion, so both irradiated and non irradiated systems are good progenitors for PSR J0740+6620. Finally, we obtain a binary system that evolves and accounts for the observational data of the system composed by PSR J0740+6620 (i.e. orbital period, mass, effective temperature and inferred metallicity of the companion, and mass of the neutron star) in a time scale smaller than the age of the Universe. In order to reach an effective temperature as low as observed, the donor star should have an helium envelope as demanded by observations.

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