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Universe, Volume 11, Issue 5

May 2025 - 33 articles

Cover Story: Observations of transiently accreting neutron stars suggest the existence of a nuclear superfluid state never considered before. Neutron stars are the compact remnants of gravitational-core collapse supernova explosions of stars more massive than the Sun. Initially very hot, they cool down rapidly and, after a few days, their extremely packed neutrons are expected to become superfluid. The accretion of matter spins up neutron stars to very high frequencies, leading to the formation of quantized vortices that can pin to their crust. Under such circumstances, the neutron superfluid could enter a novel state in which some neutrons remain normal. This peculiar state can naturally explain the late time cooling of the neutron star MXB 1659-29 after the end of an accretion episode. View this paper
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Articles (33)

  • Article
  • Open Access
356 Views
22 Pages

We investigate changes in the emission properties in association with the emission shifts observed in PSR J0344−0901 and their implications for the underlying emission mechanism. By decomposing the averaged pulse profile into multiple Gaussian...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
442 Views
9 Pages

Measurement of Ion Mobilities for the Ion-TPC of NvDEx Experiment

  • Tianyu Liang,
  • Meiqiang Zhan,
  • Hulin Wang,
  • Xianglun Wei,
  • Dongliang Zhang,
  • Jun Liu,
  • Chengui Lu,
  • Qiang Hu,
  • Yichen Yang and
  • Chaosong Gao
  • + 6 authors

In the NνDEx collaboration, a high-pressure gas TPC is being developed to search for the neutrinoless double beta decay. The use of electronegative 82SeF6 gas mandates an ion-TPC. The reconstruction of the z coordinate is to be realized by exploit...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,158 Views
68 Pages

We pose and address the radical question of whether quantum mechanics, known for its firm internal structure and enormous empirical success, carries in itself the genomes of larger quantum theories that have higher internal intricacy and phenomenolog...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
841 Views
32 Pages

We summarize the X-ray emission from young SNe. Having accumulated data on most observed X-ray SNe, we display the X-ray lightcurves of young SNe. We also explore the X-ray spectra of various SN types. The X-ray emission from Type Ib/c SNe is non-the...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
526 Views
8 Pages

Kerr Black Hole as a Pevatron at the Galaxy Center

  • Orlando Panella,
  • Simone Pacetti,
  • Giorgio Immirzi and
  • Yogendra Srivastava

Conventional general relativity supplies the notion of a vacuum tension and thus a maximum force Fmax=c4/4G≃3·1043 N that is realized for a black hole. In conjunction with the Wilson area rule, we are thus led to the surface confinement...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
605 Views
14 Pages

We investigate the effects of dark matter (DM) on neutron star (NS) properties using the neutron decay anomaly model within the relativistic mean-field (RMF) framework. Three nucleonic models (HCD0–HCD2) are developed, satisfying astrophysical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
603 Views
23 Pages

Screening Mechanisms on White Dwarfs: Symmetron and Dilaton

  • Joan Bachs-Esteban,
  • Ilídio Lopes and
  • Javier Rubio

This work provides the first comparison of the symmetron and dilaton fields in white dwarfs. We show how these screening mechanisms behave inside such stars and their impact on stellar properties. Employing a custom-developed shooting method, we solv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,849 Views
16 Pages

We investigate the relativistic jet of the powerful radio-emitting blazar J1429+5406 at redshift z=3.015. Our understanding of jet kinematics in z≥3 quasars is still rather limited, based on a sample of less than about 50 objects. The blazar J1429...

  • Article
  • Open Access
503 Views
13 Pages

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration radio transients of mysterious origin, with growing evidence linking at least some of them to magnetars. While FRBs are primarily observed in the radio band, their potential multi-wavelength afterglow...

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