PROTON BETA-DECAY IN LARGE MAGNETIC-FIELDS

被引:18
作者
BANDER, M [1 ]
RUBINSTEIN, HR [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV UPPSALA,DEPT RADIAT SCI,S-75105 UPPSALA,SWEDEN
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0370-2693(93)90553-T
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
Both electromagnetic and strong interactions contribute to make, in magnetic fields of the order of B > 10(14) T, the neutron stable against beta decay and for somewhat larger fields the proton becomes unstable to a decay into a neutron via beta emission. Changes in chiral condensates due to such fields and an unexpectedly large field dependence of hadronic magnetic moments would modify these arguments. Fields of such magnitude may exist in colliding neutron stars and in the vicinity of cosmic strings. Possible astrophysical consequences are discussed.
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