scholarly journals Phase transitions in neutron stars

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 1830008 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Dexheimer ◽  
L. T. T. Soethe ◽  
J. Roark ◽  
R. O. Gomes ◽  
S. O. Kepler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Equation Of State ◽  
Neutron Stars ◽  
Order Phase Transition ◽  
Dense Matter ◽  
First Order ◽  
The Core ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order Phase

In this paper, we review the most common descriptions for the first-order phase transition to deconfined quark matter in the core of neutron stars. We also present a new description of these phase transitions in the core of proto-neutron stars, in which more constraints are enforced so as to include trapped neutrinos. Finally, we calculate the emission of gravitational waves associated with deconfinement phase transitions, discuss the possibility of their detection, and how this would provide information about the equation of state of dense matter.

GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM COSMOLOGICAL PHASE TRANSITIONS

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (08n09) ◽  
pp. 1541-1544
Author(s):  
ARIEL MÉGEVAND
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Order Phase Transition ◽  
Gravitational Radiation ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order Phase

I discuss the gravitational radiation produced in a first-order phase transition due to the turbulence that is caused by bubble expansion. I compare the cases of deflagration and detonation bubbles.

scholarly journals An Improved Equation of State for Hydrogen

1993 ◽  
Vol 137 ◽  
pp. 307-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Saumon ◽  
G. Chabrier
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Equation Of State ◽  
Order Phase Transition ◽  
Equations Of State ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
Self Consistent ◽  
Plasma Phase ◽  
Consistent Treatment ◽  
First Order Phase

An improved theory of fluid hydrogen at high density, based on a detailed treatment of inter-particle correlations and a self-consistent treatment of pressure ionization, has become available recently (Chabrier 1990, Saumon and Chabrier 1991, 1992). We present a preliminary comparison between this new EOS (hereatfer SC) and equations of state frequently used in astrophysical contexts, namely: Fontaine, Graboske and Van Horn 1977 (FGVH), Däppen et al. 1988 (MHD) and Magni and Mazzitelli 1979 (MM).The SC theory predicts a first-order phase transition in the region of pressure-ionization (the so-called Plasma Phase Transition, or PPT), between an essentially neutral mixture of atoms and molecules (xe– < 10−2), and a partially ionized plasma (xe– ≈ 50 %), with a critical point located at Pc = 0.614 Mbar, Tc = 15300K and pc = 0.35 g/cm3.

Modeling of Phase Transitions Kinetics in Systems with Two Interacting Order Parameters

2016 ◽  
Vol 845 ◽  
pp. 166-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry A. Kuzmin ◽  
Igor V. Bychkov ◽  
Ivan Yu. Biryukov ◽  
Alexander P. Kamantsev ◽  
Victor V. Koledov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Order Phase Transition ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Order Parameters ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
1D Model ◽  
Coupled Solution ◽  
First Order Phase

We present common 1D model of first order phase transition based on coupled solution of order parameters evolution and heat transfer equations. Such a model may be used for simulation of phase transitions in multiferroics or magnetostructural phase transitions, for example. First order phase transition process has been described by Landau-Khalatnikov-like equation with the thermodynamic potential of 2-3-4 and 2-4-6 types.

Equation of state of nuclear matter in the first order phase transition

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiki Maruyama ◽  
Toshitaka Tatsumi ◽  
Satoshi Chiba ◽  
Sun-Chan Jeong ◽  
Yutaka Utsuno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Equation Of State ◽  
Nuclear Matter ◽  
Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order Phase

scholarly journals Equations of State in Stellar Structure and Evolution

1994 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
H. M. Van Horn
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Equation Of State ◽  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Equations Of State ◽  
Dense Matter ◽  
Reaction Rates ◽  
Stellar Structure ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order Phase

AbstractIn this paper I summarize some of the recent advances in studies of dense matter. Research on phase separation in the binary ionic mixtures (BIMs) that constitute the matter in white dwarfs has been motivated by the need to obtain accurate estimates for the ages of the faintest white dwarfs and thus of the disk of our Galaxy. Substantial age increases appear possible, but it is not yet clear whether such large increases occur in real white dwarfs. A second advance is the prediction, based on state-of-the-art physical calculations, that ionization of H at low temperatures and increasing densities may occur via a first-order “plasma phase transition” (PPT). Astrophysical consequences of this result are still being explored in an effort to test this prediction. Related to these equation-of-state calculations are calculations of the enhancement of nuclear reaction rates at high densities. New thermonuclear rates have been computed for C+C reactions in BIMs, although there is currently some controversy about results at the highest densities. New pycnonuclear reaction rates have also been calculated for BIMs, and it has been suggested that He-burning at T = 0 may occur through a first-order phase transition. Finally, calculations of the equation of state of matter in strong magnetic fields and of radiative opacities at high densities have undergone very recent and substantial improvements, which are just beginning to be utilized in astrophysical calculations.

scholarly journals Dark confinement and chiral phase transitions: gravitational waves vs matter representations

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Reichert ◽  
Francesco Sannino ◽  
Zhi-Wei Wang ◽  
Chen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Order Phase Transition ◽  
Coupled Models ◽  
Chiral Phase ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order Phase

Abstract We study the gravitational-wave signal stemming from strongly coupled models featuring both, dark chiral and confinement phase transitions. We therefore identify strongly coupled theories that can feature a first-order phase transition. Employing the Polyakov-Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model, we focus our attention on SU(3) Yang-Mills theories featuring fermions in fundamental, adjoint, and two-index symmetric representations. We discover that for the gravitational-wave signals analysis, there are significant differences between the various representations. Interestingly we also observe that the two-index symmetric representation leads to the strongest first-order phase transition and therefore to a higher chance of being detected by the Big Bang Observer experiment. Our study of the confinement and chiral phase transitions is further applicable to extensions of the Standard Model featuring composite dynamics.

ON THE THEORY OF FIRST-ORDER PHASE TRANSITION IN ORDER-DISORDER FERROELECTRICS

1992 ◽  
Vol 06 (08) ◽  
pp. 1181-1192 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.M. WESSELINOWA ◽  
M.S. MARINOV
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Ising Model ◽  
Order Phase Transition ◽  
Transverse Field ◽  
Spin Interaction ◽  
Relative Polarization ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order Phase

Based on the Hamiltonian of the Ising model in a transverse field, we have considered the four-spin interaction which is responsible for the first-order phase transition observed in order-disorder ferroelectrics. Using the method of the retarded Green’s function we have determined the relative polarization, the spin-wave energy, the transverse and longitudinal damping. They are numerically calculated and discussed for different temperature and tunneling frequency values in the cases of first- and second-order phase transitions.

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