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HEAT BLANKETING ENVELOPES OF HEAT BLANKETING ENVELOPES OF NNEUTRON STEUTRON STAARRSS
D.G. Yakovlev
Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia
Ladek Zdroj, February 2008,
• Outer crust• Density profile• Thermal structure• Main properties of heat blankets
OUTER CRUST
Composition: electrons + ions (nuclei)
Electrons (e): constitute a strongly degenerate,almost ideal gas, give the main contributioninto the pressure
Ions (A,Z): fully ionized by electron pressure, givethe main contribution into the density
Electron background
g/cc 10/ ;)/(009.1)/(
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nm
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e
e
e
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)g/cm 104( 311
Equation of state of degenerate electron gas
2 2 4 2 2 1/ 23
0
1/32
24 , ( ) , sinh
(2 )
( , ), 3
Fp
e
VE dp p m c p c p mc
NE V x E E xP x
V V x V mc V
))1(ln(13
2)1(
))1(ln()12()1(
2/1222/120
2/1222/120
xxxxxPP
xxxxxVPE
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32
54
0 cm
dyn 10801.1
8
cm
P e Frenkel (1928)Stoner (1932)Chandrasekhar (1935)
LIMITING CASES
Non-relativistic electron gas
6 3
2 22 1 1/
1, 10 g/cm ( 10 meters under the surface)
3 1 5E , ~ , , 1.5
10 5 3nF F
e e e ee e
x
p pEm c n n P n n
V m m
Ultra-relativistic electron gas
6 3
1 1/
1, 10 g/cm ( 10 meters under the surface)
3 1 4E , ~ , , 3
4 4 3n
F e F e
x
Ep c n P p c n n
V
2 4 2 2 2 2
2
9 6
Electron chemical potential: 1
Electron degeneracy temperature: ( ) /
( 1.6 10 K at 10 g/cc)
e F e
F e B
m c c p m c x
T m c k
Universal Density Profile in a Neutron Star Envelope
In a thin surface envelope
222222
222
222
22
/1/)( ,/1
/11
11ee , ,
dRdzdcds
RrrRzdtRrd
dRRr
dr
R
rdtcds
R
r
r
rMmRr
gg
g
g
gg
locally flat space
r
r=R z=0
z
13
2 2 2 2
2 3 2 2
2
4 2 1 1 1
, / ~ / 1
1 /
S S
g
dP G m P r P Gm
dr r c mc rc
P c P r mc P c
dP GMg g
dz R r R
surface gravity
14 2Sun1.4 , 10 km 2.43 10 cm/sSM M R g for a «canonical»
neutron star
1/32 2 6
2
22
00 14
2
, , /
/ , 1 , 1.009
При 0 0
1 1 49.3 m
(1 /
e e i i u e
FeS u e
e
e
e
u S S
P P dP n d n m m n A Z
p Zdg m A Z m c x x
dz m c A
z x m c
m c Zz Zx z
z m g A Ag
x z
3/ 2
2 3 60
0 0
) 1, 1.03 2Z z z
z xA z z
In the outer envelope:
depth-scale
the density profile in the envelope
Limiting cases:
360
2/360
~ g/cc 10 ,1 , )2(
~ g/cc 10 ,1 , )1(
zxzz
zxzz
Accumulated mass:
2
2 20
6 10 11 5Sun Sun
( ) ( )
1 / 4 1 /
( ~ 10 g/cc) ~ 10 , ( ~ 4 10 g/cc) ~ 10
z RS S
S S
rg g
g g M rdPg P r g dz dr R
dz R r R R r R
M M M M
14 214 /10 cm/sS Sg g
THERMAL STRUCTURE OF HEAT BLANKETING ENVELOPES
=F=const
MAIN EQUATIONS
heat transport in a thin envelope without energy sources and sinks
= thermal conductivity (radiative+electron)
= opacity
S
dPg
dz hydrostatic equilibrium;
gS=const – surface gravity
(F)
(H)
Divide (F)/(H):
The basic equation to be solved(TP)
Degenerate layerElectron thermal conductivity
Non-degenerate layerRadiative thermal conductivity
Atmosphere. Radiation transfer
THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE BLANKETING ENVELOPE
Nearly isothermal interior
Radiativesurface
T=TF = onset of electron degeneracy
9 11 3~ 10 10 g cm
b
H
ea
t b
lan
ke
t
z
Z=0
Hea
t fl
ux
F
T=TS
T=Tb
TS=TS(Tb) ?
NON-DEGENERATE RADIATIVE LAYER
Assume:
Kramers’s radiative thermal conductivity (free-free transitions):
66
3
2, 6.5
~ 1 = Gaunt factor
/(10 K)
in g/cm
effg
T T
Pressure of nondegenerate matter (P=nkBT):
Eq. (TP):
(K)
Integrate with
0 at =0:T
Insert Into (K):
/( ) ~T
Constant thermal conductivity along thermal path
14 214 /10 cm/sS Sg g
Analytic model
Linear growth of T with z zCM=z/(1 cm)
Densityprofile
( )T T
TEMPERATURE AND DENSITY PROFILES IN THE RADIATIVE LAYER
ONSET OF ELECTRON DEGENERACY2 /(2 )F F e BT T p m k
ELECTRON CONDUCTION LAYER Analytic model
Electron thermal conductivity of degenerate electrons (ei-scattering):
~ 1 = Coulomb logarithm
Equation (TP) assuming P=Pe (degenerate electrons):
Integrate within degenerate layer with at ( )d t d r rtT T x x
Temperature profile within degenerate layer
INTERNAL TEMPERATURE VERSUS SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Typically, and
T(z)const=Tb at z>>zd which is the temperature of isothermal interior
The main thermal insulation is provided by degenerate electrons!
TS-Tb RELATION FOR NEUTRON STARS
Our semi-analytic approach:
Exact numerical integration (Gudmundsson, Pethick and Epstein 1983)
For estimates:
8 46 1410 / Kb S ST T g
“DETECTOR OF LIE”
For iron heat blanketing envelopes (A=56, Z=26)
COMPUTER VERSUS ANALYTIC CALCULATIONS
log TS [K] = 5.9 or 6.5 (Potekhin and Ventura 2001) s = radiative surface solid lines – computer d = electron degeneracy dashed lines – analytics t = transition between radiative and electron conduction
MAIN PROPERTIES OF HEAT BLANKETING ENVELOPES
• Self-similarity (regulated by gS)
• Dependence on chemical composition (thermal conductivity becomes lower with increasing Z). Envelopes composed of light elements are more heat transparent (have higher TS for a given Tb)
• Dependence on surface magnetic fields (B-fields make thermal conductivity anisotropic). For a given Tb magnetic poles can be much hotter than the magnetic equator – non-uniform surface temperature distribution
• Finite thermal relaxation (heat propagation) times:
• Actual heat blanket is typically thinner than the “computer one” (density <1010 g/cc). When the star cools, the actual heat blanket becomes thinner (as well as degeneracy layer and the atmosphere)
• In very cold stars (TS<<104 K) the blanket disappears (TSTb)
6 10
6 8
For ~ 10 K and ~ 10 g/cc ~1 yr
For ~ 10 K and ~ 10 g/cc ~1 d
s b
s b
T
T
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