Neutron-star glitches, superfluidity and cooling
Neutron stars are city-size balls of neutrons whose interiors are expected to be superfluid, a frictionless quantum liquid. Sudden spin-ups called glitches, the cooling of young stars and the absence of certain gravitational waves test that picture.
Why it matters
These observations are the main laboratory for nuclear superfluidity at densities that no experiment on Earth can reach.
Review
B. Haskell, A. Melatos, Models of Pulsar Glitches, International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2015. https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.07062 reference checked
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