Urca reactions during neutron star inspiral
Urca reactions during neutron star inspiral
We study the impact of nonlinear bulk viscosity due to Urca reactions driven by tidally-induced fluid motion during binary neutron star inspiral. Fluid compression is computed for low radial order oscillation modes through an adiabatic, time-dependent solution of the mode amplitudes. Optically thin neutrino emission and heating rates are then …