Neutrino and Antineutrino pair-Emission in Strong Magnetic Field in Relativistic Quantum Approach

Abstract

We study the v\bar v\ $$v\bar v$$vv¯ -pair emission from electrons and protons in a relativistic quantum approach. In this work we calculate the luminosity of the v\bar v\ $$v\bar v$$vv¯ -pairs emitted from neutron-star-matter with a strong magnetic field, and find that this luminosity is much larger than that in the modified Urca process. The v\bar v\ $$v\bar v$$vv¯ -pair emission processes in strong magnetic fields significantly contribute to the cooling of the magnetars.