Limit on continuous neutrino emission from neutron stars

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2010)091MaRDI QIDQ2016937zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Itzhak Goldman, Shmuel Nussinov

Publication date 24 June 2014

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.1555

zbMATH Keywords

classical theories of gravityneutrino physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) Weak interaction in quantum theory (81V15) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25)

Abstract: The timing data of the binary pulsar PSR1913+16, are used to establish an upper limit on the rate of continuous neutrino emission from neutron stars. Neutrino emission from each of the neutron stars of the binary system, increases the star binding energy and thus translates to a decrease in their masses. This in turn implies an increase with time of the binary period. Using the pulsar data we obtain an upper limit on the allowed rate of mass reduction : $|dotM|<1.1imes10^{-12}y{r}^{-1}M$, where $M$ is the total mass of the binary. This constrains exotic nuclear equations of state that predict continuous neutrino emissions. The limit applies also to other channels of energy loss, e.g. axion emission. Continued timing measurements of additional binary pulsars, should yield a stronger limit in the future.

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