The First Ground-based White Light Lunar Polarization Imaging:A New Kind of FeO Observation on the Near Side of the Moon

Lunar optical polarization is a fascinating phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects off the surface of the Moon and becomes polarized.This study employs a novel split-focus plane polarimetric camera to conduct the initial white light polarimetric observations on the near side of the Moon.We obtained the linear degree of polarization(DOP)parameters of white light by observation from the eastern and western hemispheres of the Moon.The findings indicate that the white light polarization is lower in the lunar highland than in the lunar maria overall.Combining the analysis of lunar soil samples,we noticed and determined that the DOP parameters of white light demonstrate high consistency with iron oxide on the Moon.This study may serve as a new diagnostic tool for the Moon.

Singlet pairing gaps of neutrons and protons in hyperonic neutron stars

The ^1 S0 nucleonic superfluids are investigated within the relativistic meanfield model and Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory in hyperonic neutron stars. The ^1 S0 pairing gaps of neutrons and protons are calculated based on the Reid soft-core interaction as the nucleon-nucleon interaction. In particular, we have studied the influence of degrees of freedom for hyperons on the ^1 S0 nucleonic pairing gap in neutron star matter. It is found that the appearance of hyperons has little impact on the baryonic density range and the size of the ^1S0 neutronic pairing gap; the ^1S0 protonic pairing gap also decreases slightly in this region where ρB = 0.0-0.393 fm^-3. However, if baryonic density becomes greater than 0.393 fm^-3, the ^1S0 protonic pairing gap obviously increases. In addition, the possible range for a protonic superfluid is obviously enlarged due to the presence of hyperons. In our results, the hyperons change the 1 So protonic pairing gap, which must change the cooling properties of neutron stars.

Direct Urca processes involving hyperons in neutron star matter

The presence of the isovector scalar interaction in neutron star matter is considered by exchangingδmeson;we study the effects ofδmesons on the direct Urca processes involving hyperons.The calculation is based on the framework of the relativistic mean field theory.By our analysis,the hyperon direct Urca processes under beta equilibrium are open at lower densities due toδmesons,which create a larger energy gap between two baryons in the reactions.Theδmeson leads to an obvious enhancement of the neutrino emissivity for the hyperon direct Urca processes.In particular,the relativistic neutrino emissivity is found to be substantially larger than predicted in the nonrelativistic approach whetherδmesons appear in an neutron star or not.In our results,δmesons not only change the baryons properties,but also result in more rapid cooling rate of neutron stars by hyperon direct Urca processes.