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Neutrino emission from compact stars and inhomogeneous color superconductivity

Roberto Anglani, Giuseppe Nardulli, Marco Ruggieri, Massimo Mannarelli

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.074005 · Physical Review D

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Abstract

We discuss specific heat and neutrino emissivity due to direct Urca processes for quark matter in the color superconductive Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Fulde-Ferrell (LOFF) phase of quantum chromodynamics. We assume that the three light quarks u, d, s are in a color and electrically neutral state and interact by a four-fermion Nambu–Jona-Lasinio coupling. We study a LOFF state characterized by a single plane wave for each pairing. From the evaluation of neutrino emissivity and fermionic specific heat, the cooling rate of simplified models of compact stars with a quark core in the LOFF state is estimated.

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