Prompt Subsidence of a Proto--Neutron Star into a Black Hole
Prompt Subsidence of a Proto--Neutron Star into a Black Hole
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原中子星迅速沉入黑洞
DOI:
10.1086/176007
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发表时间:
1995
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通讯作者:
I. Towner
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作者:
A. Hayes;I. Towner
A newly formed protoneutron star, prior to the loss of neutrinos, will con sist of a charge-neutral mixture of neutrons, protons, electrons, muons and trapped neutrinos in the lowest energy state available under these circum stances. However, in a few seconds, the neutrinos will escape, enabling the interior of the star to find a lower energy. We study two possibilities: (1) A significant number of baryons will, through the weak interaction, convert to hyperons. (2) Hadronic matter may convert to quark matter in the interior where the pressure is high. In either case the resulting softer equation of state will not support as large a range of stars either in mass or baryon number. Therefore, beyond the baryon number of either of the above equilibrated sequences there is a significant range of protoneutron stars that possess no hydrostatically stable configurations after neutrino loss. They will subside into a black hole on the time-scale of neutrino loss, about ten seconds, and after the processed material of the presupernova star has been ejected. The uncertainty as to which of the two possibilities for the ground state actually holds is due mainly to the imperfect descrip tion available for the quark matter phase of cold charge-neutral baryonic matter. We discuss these mechanisms in connection with the apparent absence of a neutron star in SN1987 A and the possible deficit of neutron star - supernova associations .