Abstract
The neutron lifetime anomaly has been used to motivate the introduction of new physics with hidden-sector particles coupled to baryon number, and on which neutron stars provide powerful constraints. Although the neutron lifetime anomaly may eventually prove to be of mundane origin, we use it as motivation for a broader review of the ways that baryon number violation, be it real or apparent, and dark sectors can intertwine and how neutron star observables, both present and future, can constrain them.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2-2022
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14030518
Funding Information
J.M.B. acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation, Grant PHY-1630782, and the Heising-Simons Foundation, Grant 2017-228. S.G. and M.Z. acknowledge partial support from the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-FG02-96ER40989.
Repository Citation
Berryman, Jeffrey M.; Gardner, Susan; and Zakeri, Mohammadreza, "Neutron Stars with Baryon Number Violation, Probing Dark Sectors" (2022). Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications. 683.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/physastron_facpub/683
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Symmetry, v. 14, issue 3, 518.
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