
%0 Journal Article
%A Muto, Takumi 
%A Tatsumi, Toshitaka 
%A Iwamoto, Naoki 
%T Nonequilibrium Processes in Kaon Condensation
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1997/01/24
%V 50
%N 1
%P 13-22
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/P96040
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/P96040 
%X Relaxation in a kaon condensate proceeds through nonequilibrium weak reactions, which includes the kaon-induced Urca and the modified Urca reactions. The kinetics of a K&#8212; condensate is considered semiclassically starting from a small seed of a condensate with the assumption that the system is in thermal equilibrium. It is shown that the temporal evolution to the K&#8212;condensed phase in the kinetic regime is divided into several characteristic time intervals as a result of the interplay between the two major weak processes. The implications for the dynamical evolution of newly-born neutron stars are briefly discussed. 
