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Figure 69: Neutron star specific heat at T = 109 K. Solid lines: partial heat capacities of ions (i), electrons (e) and free neutrons (n) in nonsuperfluid crusts, as well as of neutrons, protons (p) and electrons in nonsuperfluid cores. Dashed lines: heat capacities of free neutrons in the crust modified by superfluidity. Two particular models of weak and strong superfluidity are considered. The effects of the nuclear inhomogeneities on the free neutrons are neglected. From [167]. |