Exploring Interplays Between 3P2 Neutron Superfluid Vortices and 1S0 Proton Fluxtubes in the Outer Core of Neutron Stars
Abstract
In the outer core of neutron stars, 3P2 superfluid neutrons and 1S0 superconducting protons are deemed to exist, forming quantum vortices and magnetic fluxtubes, respectively. Those quantum vortices and fluxtubes play an important role in explaining observed sudden changes of rotational frequency, known as pulsar ``glitches.'' While the most of conventional glitch models rely on pinning/unpinning dynamics of neutron 1S0 superfluid vortices in the inner crust, contributions of the outer core have not been ruled out. However, the latter possibility has been less explored so far and further thorough investigations are desired. In this study, we are thus developing a microscopic model based on spin-2 Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE) for neutron 3P2 superfluid vortices coupled with Ginzburg-Landau equation (GLE) for fluxtubes associated with superconducting 1S0 protons. In this contribution, we outline our theoretical framework and report tentative results showing how shape of quantum vortices could be affected by the presence of a proton fluxtube.
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