NASA video on YouTube:

Astronomy Picture of the Day:


A SUPERFLUID CORE in CASSIOPEIA A

A Tour of Cassiopeia A






APOD


SCIENCE@NASA video on YouTube:



SCIENCE@NASA: Superlfuid




THE TWO PAPERS


Physical Review Letters:

The paper: Rapid Cooling of the Neutron Star in Cassiopeia A Triggered by Neutron Superfluidity in Dense Matter
                  D. Page, M. Prakash, J.M Lattimer, & A. W. Steiner, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, p. 081101 (2011)
                  [NASA/ADS abstract page of the paper] [arXiv e-print: http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/1011.6142]

Viewpoint about the paper: "A Stellar Superfluid" (with free access to the original paper) (by Nicolas Chamel)

Royal Astronomical Society

The paper: Cooling neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant: evidence for superfluidity in the core
                   P. S. Shternin, D. G. Yakovlev, C. O. Heinke, W. C. G. Ho, & D. J. Patnaude, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. in press
                  [NASA/ADS abstract page of the paper] [arXiv e-print: http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/1012.0045]


STORIES about the TWO PAPERS


NASA & Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center:


Photo Album: "Cassiopeia A: NASA's Chandra Finds Superfluid in Neutron Star's Core" (from Peter Edmonds)
                            and same at NASA main site, CHANDRA.SI, and Marshall Space Flight Center.
                            Traducción al español: "Descubierto un superfluido en estrella de neutrones" en Universo Doppler.

Press Room:
"NASA's Chandra Finds Superfluid in Neutron Star's Core" (from Peter Edmonds)
                          and same at NASA main site, and CHANDRA.SI.
                          Traducción al español: "Mexicano detecta superfluido en estrella" en El Universal (Mexico)
                          Traduction française: "Le télescope Chandra découvre du superfluide dans le noyau d'un étoile à neutrons"  (Guy Doyen)

Chronicles Article: "The Race to Explain a Star's Mysterious Cooling" (by Peter Edmonds)  "The Story Behind the Scene"

Supplementary material:    Images of Cas A/Superfluidity        Animations of Cas A/Superfluidity



SELECTION of TOP STORIES Date published
American Physical Society's Physics : "A Stellar Superfluid" (by Nicolas Chamel)
Feb. 22, 2011
Institute Of Physics's PhysicsWorld : "Neutron Star Has Superfluid Core" (by Edwin Cartlidge) Mar.  2,  2011
Nature : "Superfluid State for Galaxy's Youngest Neutron Star?" (by Kate McAlpine) Feb.  1,  2011
Science : "Neutron Star Provides Direct Evidence for Bizzare Type of Nuclear Matter" (by Adrian Cho)
Feb. 25, 2011
                            and shortened version in print : "Weird Matter Seen in Neutron Star" (subscription required)
Mar.  3,  2011
ALL STORIES Date published
Nature News: "Superfluid state for Galaxy's youngest neutron star?" (by Kate McAlpine) with a quote from Fridolin Weber
                          -----> Traducción español (en 'Ciencia Kanija' !)
Feb. 1,  2011
New Scientist: "Neutron star seen forming exotic new state of matter" (by Rachel Courtland) with a quote from Cole Miller Feb. 4,  2011
Science News: "Supernova to superfluid" (by Devin Powel) with a quote from Oleg Gnedin Feb. 4,  2011
UNAM - Instituto de Astronomía: "Se comprueba el estado de superfluidez en la estrella de neutrones de Cassiopeia A" Feb. 14, 2011
UNAM - Dirección General de Comunicación Social: "Se comprueba el estado de superfluidez en la estrella de neutrones de Cassiopeia A" Feb. 14, 2011
Ohio University: "NASA study reveals mysteries of neutron star"
Feb. XX, 2011
Space.com: "Exploded Star Reveals Strange New Matter" (by ?) Feb. 23, 2011
Scientific Blogging: "Cassiopeia A: Superfluid Found In Neutron Star's Core" (by 'News Staff') Feb. 23, 2011
USA Today: "Video: Neutron star hides superfluid heart" (by Dan Vergano) with a quote from Sanjay Reddy Feb. 24, 2011
Astronomy: "Superfluid and superconductor discovered in star's core" (repost of the RAS press release) Feb. 24, 2011
JSOnline (Milwaukee Sentinel): "Weird science inside a neutron star" (by Mark Johnson)
Feb. 24, 2011
Science:  "Neutron Star Provides Direct Evidence for Bizzare Type of Nuclear Matter" (by Adrian Cho) with a quote from Krishna Rajagopal Feb. 25, 2011
Wired Science: "Exotic Superfluid Found in Ultra-Dense Stellar Corpse" (by Lisa Grossman) with a quote from Bennett Link Feb. 25, 2011
El Universal: "Mexicano detecta superfluído en estrella" (traducción del comunicado de la NASA)
Feb. 26, 2011
Astronomy & Geophysics: "Superfluid in neutron stars" (access requires subscription)
Mar. 21, 2011
CERN Courier: "Superfluidity at wok in neutron star's core" (by Marc Tuerler)
Mar. 30, 2011
Academia Mexicana de Ciencias: "La NASA promueve en YouTube investigación astronómica mexicana"
Abr. 28, 2011
UNAM - Dirección General de Comunicación Social: "Estrellas de neutrones: pequeñas, densas y superfluidas" Jun. 1, 2011
Revista Digital Universitaria (UNAM): "Estrellas de neutrones y superfluidos. Entrevista con Dany Page"
Jun. 1, 2011
El Gluón (I. de Física, UNAM): "Superfluidez en Estrellas de Neutrones" (Dany Page)    El Gluón, vol. 16 (pdf) May, 2011











Complementary readings:

En FRANÇAIS:

Guy Doyen: "Le télescope Chandra découvre du superfluide dans le noyau d'un étoile à neutrons"
Ciel & Espace: "Un Astre au Coeur Liquide dans la Constellation de Cassiopée"
Astronomie amateur: "Un coeur superfluide dans l'étoile à neutrons: Cassiopée A"
Du ciel et de la terre: "Cassiopeia A, épisode 5: des superfluides supraconducteurs"
Pour La Science: "Un coeur superfluide dans les étoiles à neutrons" (par Philippe Ribeau-Gésippe)



Astronomy magazine
"Young and getting cooler: the early life of a neutron star" (April 20, 2010)
"Carbon atmosphere discovered on neutron star" (Nov. 4, 2009)
"Cassiopeia A comes alive across time and space" (Jan. 6, 2009)


YouTube videos on Cassiopeia A:


- Cassiopeia A Supernova Explosion : artist rendition of the supernova explosion.
- Cassiopeia A: 3D Fly-through : 3D reconstruction of the supernova remnant
- A Tour of Cassiopeia A
- Time Lapse Movie of Cassiopeia A : shows the expansion of the remnant in 4 Chandra observation iin 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007: the very same observations which, as Craig Heinke & Wynn Ho recently found, contain the information about the cooling of the neutron star !

Other neat YouTube videos:

- Type-II Supernova : computer simulation of the explosion of a 11 solar mass star and the birth of a neutron star
- Supernova : very good presentation of supernovae in general from Hystory Channel
- Betelgeuse going supernova : a candidate for a future supernova in the Orion constellation
- Neutron Stars - Death Stars : BBC, neat intro to NSs and relation to Gamma-Ray Bursts
- News of Exploding Stars : XMM-Newton (the European competitor of NASA's Chandra) observations of supernova remnants and Cassiopeia A
- Chandra X-Ray Observatory: the Exotic World of Neutron Stars
- Chandra X-Ray Observatory:
- Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Episode 3: Supernova & Supernova Remnants


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