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On the cooling of globally-neutral neutron stars

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We compute the thermal evolution of neutron stars by taking into account the strong, weak, electromagnetic and gravitational interactions within the framework of general relativity and by satisfying the condition of global, but not local, charge neutrality. We focus on the isothermal phase following the thermal relaxation of the star and compare the result with observational data from isolated neutron stars.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica and International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (ICRA), Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, I-00185, Rome, Italy

    Sheyse M. de Carvalho, Jorge A. Rueda & Remo Ruffini

  2. ICRANet, P.zza della Repubblica 10, I-65122, Pescara, Italy

    Sheyse M. de Carvalho, Jorge A. Rueda & Remo Ruffini

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de Carvalho, S.M., Rueda, J.A. & Ruffini, R. On the cooling of globally-neutral neutron stars. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 65, 861–864 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.65.861

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