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On the nature of bimodal initial velocity distribution of neutron stars | | I. Bombaci
; S.B. Popov
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13 May 2004 | | Journal: | Astron.Astrophys. 424 (2004) 627-633 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | 1,2), S.B. Popov (3,4) ( Università di Pisa, Dipartimento di Fisica; INFN Sezione di Pisa; Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica; Sternberg Astronomical Institute | | Abstract: | We propose that the bimodal nature of the kick velocity distribution of radio pulsars is connected with the dichotomy between hadronic stars ({it i.e.} neutron stars with no quark matter content) and quark stars. Bimodality can appear due to different mechanisms of explosion which leads to the formation of two types of compact stars or due to two different sets of parameters mastering a particular kick mechanism. The low velocity maximum (at $sim 100$ km s$^{-1}$) is connected with hadronic star formation, whereas the second peak corresponds to quark stars. In the model of delayed collapse of hadronic stars to quark stars (Berezhiani et al. 2003
ocite{bbd2003}) quark deconfinement leads to a second energy release, and to a second kick, in addition to the kick imparted to the newly formed hadronic star during the supernova explosion. If the electromagnetic rocket mechanism can give a significant contribution to pulsar kicks, then the high velocity peak can be connected with the shorter initial spin periods of quark stars with respect to hadronic stars. We discuss {it pro et contra} of these scenarios. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0405250 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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