The entrainment matrix of a superfluid neutron–proton mixture at a finite temperature

Abstract

The entrainment matrix (also termed the Andreev–Bashkin matrix or the mass-density matrix) for a neutron–proton mixture is derived at a finite temperature in a neutron star core. The calculation is performed in the frame of the Landau–Fermi-liquid theory generalized to account for superfluidity of nucleons. It is shown, that the temperature dependence of the entrainment matrix is described by a universal function independent on an actual model of nucleon–nucleon interaction employed. The results are presented in the form convenient for their practical use. The entrainment matrix is important, e.g., in kinetics of superfluid nucleon mixtures or in studies of the dynamical evolution of neutron stars (in particular, in the studies of star pulsations and pulsar glitches).