Effects of Neutron-Antineutron Transitions in Neutron Stars

Itzhak Goldman; Rabindra N. Mohapatra; Shmuel Nussinov; Robert Shrock

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.052701

Effects of Neutron-Antineutron Transitions in Neutron Stars

Itzhak Goldman
, Rabindra N. Mohapatra
, Shmuel Nussinov
, Robert Shrock

Institute for Theoretical Physics

Afeka College of Engineering
Tel Aviv University
University of Maryland, College Park

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We analyze effects of neutron-antineutron transitions in neutron stars, specifically on (i) cooling, (ii) rotation rate, and (iii) for binary pulsars, the increase in the orbital period. We show that these effects are negligibly small.

Original language	English
Article number	052701
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	134
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.052701
State	Published - Feb 7 2025

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