12-15 July 2011
Saint George Hotel
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

The neutron superfluid in the interior of neutron stars.

14 Jul 2011, 09:00
15m
Acro2

Acro2

Oral Presentation Track D1 - Astrophysics APSS

Speaker

Mr Garreth Kemp (University of Johannesburg)

Description

In his work on superfluid helium, Feynman gave both qualitative and quantitative descriptions of the excitation spectrum of superfluid helium. I briefly review Feynman's approach to superfluid helium and assess the applicability of this theory to neutron star interiors.

Level (Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD, other)? M.Sc.
Consider for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)? Yes
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)? Yes

Primary author

Mr Garreth Kemp (University of Johannesburg)

Co-authors

Dr Christian Engelbrecht (University of Johannesburg) Dr Fabio Frescura (University of Witwatersrand)

Presentation Materials