
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Muto, Takumi 
A1  - Tatsumi, Toshitaka 
A1  - Iwamoto, Naoki 
T1  - Nonequilibrium Processes in Kaon Condensation
JF  - Australian Journal of Physics
JO  - Aust. J.  Phys.
Y1  - 1997
VL  - 50
IS  - 1
SP  - 13
EP  - 22
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/P96040 
N2  - 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. 
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