Astrophysical aspects of neutrino dynamics in ultra-degenerate quark gluon plasma

Abstract

The cardinal focus of the present review is to explore the role of neutrinos originating from the ultra-dense core of neutron stars composed of quark gluon plasma in the astrophysical scenario. The collective excitations of the quarks involving the neutrinos through the different kinematical processes have been studied. The cooling of the neutron stars as well as pulsar kicks due to asymmetric neutrino emission have been discussed in detail. Results involving calculation of relevant physical quantities like neutrino mean free path and emissivity have been presented in the framework of non-Fermi liquid behavior as applicable to ultra-degenerate plasma.

Comments: 10 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for publication as Review Article in Advances of High Energy Physics. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1204.2684; text overlap with arXiv:0706.4381 by other authors