Anomalous hydrodynamics kicks neutron stars

Observations show that, at the beginning of their existence, neutron stars are accelerated briskly to velocities of up to a thousand kilometers per second. We argue that this remarkable effect can be explained as a manifestation of quantum anomalies on astrophysical scales. To theoretically describe...

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Main Authors: Matthias Kaminski, Christoph F. Uhlemann, Marcus Bleicher, Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269316303148