Bulk Viscous Damping of Density Oscillations in Neutron Star Mergers

In this paper, we discuss the damping of density oscillations in dense nuclear matter in the temperature range relevant to neutron star mergers. This damping is due to bulk viscosity arising from the weak interaction “Urca” processes of neutron decay and electron capture. The nuclear matter is model...

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Published in:	Particles
Main Authors:	Mark Alford, Arus Harutyunyan, Armen Sedrakian
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Subjects:	Urca processes bulk viscosity neutrino-trapping density oscillations neutron star mergers dissipation
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2571-712X/3/2/34