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65 Astrophysics, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2007 0571-7256/07/5001-0065 © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. MAGNETIC FIELD OF A NEUTRON STAR WITH A SUPERCONDUCTING QUARK CORE IN THE CFL-PHASE D. M. Sedrakian, K. M. Shahabasyan, and M. K. Shahabasyan The Ginzburg-Landau equations are derived for the magnetic and gluomagnetic gauge fields in the color superconducting core of a neutron star containing a CFL-condensate of diquarks. The interaction of the diquark CFL-condensate with the magnetic and gluomagnetic gauge fields is taken into account. The behavior of the magnetic field in a neutron star is studied by solving the Ginzburg-Landau equations taking correct account of the boundary conditions, including the gluon confinement conditions. The magnetic field distribution in the quark and hadronic phases of a neutron star is found. It is shown that a magnetic field generated in the hadronic phase by the entrainment effect penetrates into the quark core in the form of quark vortex filaments because of the presence of screening Meissner currents. Keywords: stars: neutron: magnetic field 1. Introduction The possible existence of superdense quark matter in the cores of neutron stars has been examined over the last three decades. Because of the attraction between quarks in a color antitriplet channel owing to the exchange of a single gluon, it is expected that a superconducting diquark condensate should develop in this material. The quark pairs that form the condensate have zero total angular momentum J [1-4]. It has been shown that in chiral quark models with a nonperturbative four-point interaction caused by instantons [5] or with nonperturbative gluon propagators [6,7], the anomalous quark coupling amplitudes are on the order of 100 MeV. Thus, we might suppose that a diquark condensate would exist at densities above the deconfinement density and at temperatures below the critical temperature T c (on the order of 50 MeV). Two types of condensate are possible: an isoscalar 2SC-phase [2] in which only “u” and “d”-quarks of two colors are coupled and a CFL-phase in which massless “ u”, “d”, and “s”-quarks of all three colors are coupled [8-10]. The CFL- phase with three flavors of massless quarks is the most stable in the limit of the weak interaction at T = 0 and near the Original article submitted October 25, 2006. Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 87-98 (February 2007). Erevan State University, Armenia, e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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Astrophysics, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2007

0571-7256/07/5001-0065 ©2007 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.

MAGNETIC FIELD OF A NEUTRON STAR WITH A SUPERCONDUCTING QUARKCORE IN THE CFL-PHASE

D. M. Sedrakian, K. M. Shahabasyan, and M. K. Shahabasyan

The Ginzburg-Landau equations are derived for the magnetic and gluomagnetic gauge fields in the colorsuperconducting core of a neutron star containing a CFL-condensate of diquarks. The interaction of thediquark CFL-condensate with the magnetic and gluomagnetic gauge fields is taken into account. Thebehavior of the magnetic field in a neutron star is studied by solving the Ginzburg-Landau equations takingcorrect account of the boundary conditions, including the gluon confinement conditions. The magnetic fielddistribution in the quark and hadronic phases of a neutron star is found. It is shown that a magnetic fieldgenerated in the hadronic phase by the entrainment effect penetrates into the quark core in the form of quarkvortex filaments because of the presence of screening Meissner currents.Keywords: stars: neutron: magnetic field

1. Introduction

The possible existence of superdense quark matter in the cores of neutron stars has been examined over the last

three decades. Because of the attraction between quarks in a color antitriplet channel owing to the exchange of a single

gluon, it is expected that a superconducting diquark condensate should develop in this material. The quark pairs that

form the condensate have zero total angular momentum J [1-4]. It has been shown that in chiral quark models with a

nonperturbative four-point interaction caused by instantons [5] or with nonperturbative gluon propagators [6,7], the

anomalous quark coupling amplitudes are on the order of 100 MeV. Thus, we might suppose that a diquark condensate

would exist at densities above the deconfinement density and at temperatures below the critical temperature Tc (on the

order of 50 MeV).

Two types of condensate are possible: an isoscalar 2SC-phase [2] in which only “u” and “d”-quarks of two colors

are coupled and a CFL-phase in which massless “u”, “ d”, and “s”-quarks of all three colors are coupled [8-10]. The CFL-

phase with three flavors of massless quarks is the most stable in the limit of the weak interaction at T = 0 and near the

Original article submitted October 25, 2006. Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 87-98 (February 2007).

Erevan State University, Armenia,e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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critical temperature Tc. It has been shown [11] that a diquark condensate in the 2SC-phase is a type II superconductor.

The existence of electric and color charges in the Cooper diquark pairs leads to the appearance of electrical and color

superconductivity in the 2SC- and CFL-phases. These two phenomena are not independent because the photon and gluon

gauge fields are coupled. One of the resulting mixed fields is massless, while the other field has mass [12].

The Ginzburg-Landau equations for the 2SC-phase have been derived in Ref. 13 with the presence of mixed fields

taken into account. These equations have been used [14] to study the effect of an external uniform magnetic field on

the superconducting quark core of a neutron star. It was shown that, in the absence of vortex filaments, the Meissner

currents in the core will screen the external magnetic field almost completely. A distribution of the magnetic field in

a neutron star with a superconducting 2SC-quark core has been found [15] such that a magnetic field is generated in a

hadronic npe-phase owing to the entrainment of superconducting protons by superfluid neutrons [16] and penetrates into

the quark core in the form of quark vortex filaments which form because of the presence of screening Meissner currents.

The Ginzburg-Landau free energy of a uniform superconducting CFL-phase has been found in Refs. 10 and 17. A gauge

invariant expression for the kinetic energy has also been obtained [18]. The Ginzburg-Landau equations for the ordering

parameters and mixed fields in the CFL-phase in the presence of an external field have been obtained in Refs. 19-21.

The purpose of this article is to study the magnetic field distribution in the quark CFL-phase and hadronic npe-

phase of a neutron star. We allow for the generation of a magnetic field in the hadronic phase owing to the entrainment

of superconducting protons by superfluid neutrons. The following boundary conditions are taken into account: continuity

of the components of the magnetic field and the condition for gluon confinement. We shall assume a sharp boundary

between the quark and hadronic phases, since the thickness of the diffusive transition layer is small, on the order of the

confinement radius l = 0.2 fm.

In Section 2 we derive the Ginzburg-Landau equations for the magnetic and gluomagnetic gauge fields in the color

superconducting core of a neutron star containing a diquark CFL-condensate. In Section 3 these equations are solved

for the potentials of the magnetic and gluomagnetic fields. The components of the magnetic field in the quark and

hadronic phases are found in Section 4, along with the components of the external dipole field of the star. The conclusions

are discussed in Section 5.

2. Ginzburg-Landau equations for the magnetic and gluomagnetic fields

A diquark condensate is characterized by a complex 3×3 gap matrix ( ) ( )rd i

r

r

α in flavor and color space [17], where

α and i are the color and flavor indices, respectively, which differ from the indices of the two colors and flavors

participating in Cooper pairing, and rr

is the coordinate of the center mass of the Cooper pair. A “new” charge operator

8TQQ~ η+= has been introduced [12] which acts on the gap matrix in the following way:

( ) ( ) . 0=α rdQ~

i

r

r

(1)

Here 32−=η [18], Q is the generator of quark electric charge in the flavor space u, d, s, and 8T is the generator of

the color group SU(3)c; these are given by

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( ). 1 ,1 ,2diag32

1,

3

1 ,

3

1 ,

3

2diag 8 −−=

−−= TQ (2)

The definition of 8T also differs from the standard cyclical permutation of the indices 1, 2, and 3 by a change in sign

[20]. Condition (1) means that the charge Q~

of all the Cooper pairs in the condensate is zero. The gap matrix is defined

as follows in the presence of an external magnetic field [21]:

( ) ( )[ ] ( ) ( )

( )[ ] ( ) ( ),

3

22(exp

3

2(exp

888

88

rrriTT

rrriTd

i

ii

rr

r

rr

r

r

χ−Φϕ+

+χ+Φ

ϕ=

α

αα

(3)

where the functions ( )rrΦ and ( )r

rχ are given by

( ) ( ) ( )[ ] ( ) ( ) ( )[ ].32exp,3exp 88 rirrrirrrrrrrr ϕ−χ=χϕΦ=Φ (4)

An analysis of the gauge invariant derivative leads to the following expression for the mixed fields [18]:

, sincos, cossin 88 α−α=α+α= AAAAAA yx

rrrrrr

(5)

where 222cos egg η+=α , Ar

is the vector potential of the magnetic field, and 8Ar

is the vector potential of the

gluomagnetic field. Note that the mixed field xAr

is massive, while the field yAr

is massless. Here g is the force interaction

constant (( )142 ≈πg ) and e is the electromagnetic interaction constant ( 137142 ≈πe ), so that 101≈η≈α ge . The

Ginzburg-Landau free energy in the presence of an external field takes the following form [21]:

( ) ( ) ( )( ) ( ) ,

8

1

8

1222

2

2222

442

2221

22

yxxTxT BBAiqKAiqK

Frrrr

π+

π+χ+∇+Φ−∇+

+χ+Φβ+χ+Φβ+χ+Φα=

(6)

where 643 22 egq += is the “new” charge of the Cooper pair, xx ABrr

rot= is the induction of the massive field, and

yy ABrr

rot= is the induction of the massless field. The coefficients 21 , , ββα~ , and KT are given by

( ) ( ) ( )( )

( ),38

373, ln34

221 µπζ==β=βµ=α NT

KTTNc

Tc (7)

with ( ) ( )( )22 3213 µπ=µN being the density of states on the Fermi surface, ( )3ζ is the Riemann zeta function, and

m is the chemical potential. Minimizing the free energy (6), we obtain the equations for the ordering parameter

( ) ( ) , 02222 22

221

2=ΦΦβ+Φχ+Φβ+Φα+Φ−∇− xT AiqK

r

(8)

( ) ( ) , 022 22

221

2=χχβ+χχ+Φβ+χα+χ+∇− xT AiqK

r

(9)

and Maxwell’s equations for the mixed fields

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( ) ( )[ ]( ) , 416

28rotrot222

xT

Tx

AqK

qiKAr

r

χ+Φπ−

−χ∇χ−χ∇χ−Φ∇Φ−Φ∇Φπ= ∗∗∗∗

(10)

. 0rotrot =yAr

(11)

The following equations for the magnetic field Ar

and the gluomagnetic field 8Ar

can be derived from Eqs. (10) and (11):

( ) ( )[ ]( )

, cossin42

2sinsinrotrot 8

22

22 αα−χ+Φ

χ∇χ−χ∇χ−Φ∇Φ−Φ∇Φα=α+λ∗∗∗∗

Aq

iAAq

rrr

(12)

( ) ( )[ ]( )

, cossin42

2coscosrotrot

22

2882 αα−χ+Φ

χ∇χ−χ∇χ−Φ∇Φ−Φ∇Φα=α+λ∗∗∗∗

Aq

iAAq

rrr

(13)

where qλ is the penetration depth of the gauge fields Ar

and 8Ar

, which equals

( ) . 44 22 χ+Φπ=λ Tq Kq (14)

For the CFL-phase, Ak=χ=Φ 2 . Equations (12) and (13) can be rewritten in the form

, cossin6

sinsinrotrot 8822 αα−

ϕ∇α=α+λ A

qAAq

rrr

(15)

. cossin6

coscosrotrot 82882 αα−

ϕ∇α=α+λ A

qAAq

rrr

(16)

Here Ak and qλ are, respectively, equal to [19]

( ) , 64, 621

TAqA Kqkk π=λβα−= (17)

where 321 β+β=β . Note that Ak minimizes the free energy (6) in the absence of a field.

3. Solution of the Ginzburg-Landau equations for the potentials

Assuming that the CFL-condensate is a homogeneous type II superconductor, we rewrite Eqs. (15) and (16) in the

form

, cossinsinsinrotrot 822 αα−α=α+λ AfAAq

rrrr

(18)

, cossincoscosrotrot 2882 αα−α=α+λ AfAAq

rrrr

(19)

where ( ) qrf 68r

r

ϕ∇= . Note that the expression ( )rr

8rotgradϕ is proportional to the constant average density of vortical

filaments. Thus, the function fr

obeys the equation

. 0rotrot =fr

(20)

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Note that Eqs. (18) and (19), as well as the corresponding equations for xAr

and yAr

in Ref. 21, are the same as the

equations in Refs. 12 and 13 when xAr

and 8Ar

are replaced by xAr

− and 8Gr

− , so these changes lead to the same

definitions of the mixed fields.

Let us introduce the new vector potentials ∗Ar

and ∗8Ar

in the form

, cos2

, sin2

88

α−=

α−= ∗∗ f

AAf

AA

r

rr

r

rr

(21)

and rewrite Eqs. (18) and (19) in the form

, cossinsinrotrot 822 αα−=α+λ ∗∗∗ AAAq

rrr

(22)

. cossincosrotrot 2882 αα−=α+λ ∗∗∗ AAAq

rrr

(23)

Using Eq. (22) we find ∗8Ar

:

. cossin

sinrotrot 228

ααα+λ

−=∗∗

∗ AAA

q

rr

r

(24)

Equations (23) and (24) yield the following equation:

. rotrotctgrotrot 8 ∗∗ α= AArr

(25)

Let us now consider the equivalent system of Eqs. (24) and (25) instead of the system of Eqs. (22) and (23). Substituting

∗8Ar

from Eq. (24) in Eq. (25), for the case const=α we obtain

, 0rotrot2 =+λ ∗∗ MMq

rr

(26)

where

. rotrot ∗∗ = AMrr

(27)

Thus, we can determine the function ∗Ar

by solving the system of Eqs. (26) and (27). Then we can find the electromagnetic

potential Ar

and the gluomagnetic potential 8Ar

from Eqs. (24) and (21). In order to find the distribution of the potentials

Ar

and 8Ar

inside a superconducting quark core lying in an external magnetic field, we require that the following

conditions be satisfied at the boundary between the quark core and the hadronic phase: continuity of the magnetic field

and vanishing of the gluomagnetic field ( 08 =Ar

) owing to the gluon confinement condition. Thus, the magnetic

induction Br

and the gluomagnetic potential 8Ar

must be finite in their domains of existence.

Suppose that a neutron star of radius R has a spherical core of radius a consisting of a color superconducting quark

material surrounded by a spherical layer of hadronic matter of thickness R - a. Because of the symmetry of the problem,

AMrr

,∗, and 8A

r

have only ϕ components in spherical coordinates ( ϕϑ , ,r ): ( ) ( )ϑϑ ϕ∗ϕ , , , rArM and ( )ϑϕ ,8 rA . To solve

Eq. (26) we make the substitution ( ) ( ) ϑ=ϑ ϕ∗ϕ sin , rMrM . Then Eq. (26) can be rewritten in the form

( ) ( )( ) . 0

122222

2

=

λ+−+ ϕ

ϕϕ rMrdr

rdM

rdr

rMd

q(28).

The solution of Eq. (28) can be written as

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( ) . 111

212

λ

+′+

λ

−′= λ−

λϕ

qq

r

q

r

q

er

cer

cr

rM (29)

From the condition that ( )rMϕ equals zero at the center of the quark core, we have 21 cc ′−=′ , so that

( ) . chsh21

λλ

−λ

=ϕqqq

rrr

r

crM (30)

Substituting the solution (30) in Eq. (27), for ∗Ar

we obtain the following solution:

( ) ( ) . sin , , 0 ϑ′+ϑ=ϑ ∗ϕ

∗ϕ rcrMrA (31)

On substituting the solution (31) in the definition (21) of the potential we have the following expression for the

electromagnetic potential:

( ) ( )( )

. sin2

,sin , , 0 α

ϑ+ϑ′+ϑ=ϑ ϕ∗

ϕϕrf

rcrMrA (32)

Solving Eq. (20), we find the function ..... . Using Eqs. (21) and (24), we obtain an expression for the gluomagnetic

potential of the form

( ) ( ) . sincos2

tgctg , 00

8 ϑ

α+α⋅′−α=ϑ ϕϕ

rcrcrMrA (33)

We determine the constant 0c′ from the gluon confinement condition at the surface of the quark core, ( ) 0 ,8 =ϑϕ aA . For

0c′ we then have

( ).

sin2ctg 02

0 α+α=′ ϕ c

a

aMc (34)

Substituting 0c′ in Eqs. (32) and (33), we obtain the final expressions for the electromagnetic and gluomagnetic potentials:

( ) ( ) ( ) , sinsin

ctg , 02 ϑ

α+α+=ϑ ϕϕϕ

rcaM

a

rrMrA (35)

( ) ( ) ( ) . sinctg8 ϑα

−= ϕϕϕ aM

a

rrMrA (36)

Note that the electromagnetic potential in the hadronic phase of the neutron star is obtained by replacing the London

penetration depth qλ in the solution (29) by the corresponding depth pλ for the hadronic matter.

4. The components of the magnetic field of a neutron star

The components of the magnetic field in the quark and hadronic phases can be found in the form ABrr

rot= using

the vector potentials. In spherical coordinates we have the following expressions for the field components:

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( )( ) ( )( ). ,1

, sin ,sin

1rrA

rBrA

rBr ϑ

ϑ∂∂−=ϑϑ

ϑ∂∂

ϑ= ϕϑϕ (37)

On substituting the expression (35) for ( )ϑϕ ,rA in these formulas, we obtain the following components (for ar ≤ ) of

the magnetic field for the quark core:

( ) ( ), cos

sin

2ctg

22 02 ϑ

α

+α+= ϕϕ c

a

aM

r

rMBq

r (38)

( )( ) ( ). sin

sin

2ctg

21 02 ϑ

α

+α+−= ϕϕϑ

c

a

aMrrM

dr

d

rBq

(39)

where ( )rMϕ is given by Eq. (30).

The magnetic field in the hadronic phase is found using the solution (29) and taking into account the fact that

the protonic vortical filaments generate a homogeneous average magnetic field of amplitude B, parallel to the axis of

rotation of the star [22,23]. The components of the magnetic field in the hadronic phase, Bp ( Rra ≤≤ ), are given by

( ), cos

+= ϕ B

r

rABp

r (40)

( )( ) , sin1 ϑ

+−= ϕϑ BrrA

dr

d

rBp

(41)

where

( ) . 1123

22 pp r

p

r

p

er

r

ce

r

r

crA

λ−λϕ

λ

++

λ

−= (42)

The external magnetic field of the neutron star, eB ( Rr ≥ ), is dipole in character, with components

, sin, cos2

33ϑ=ϑ= ϑ

rB

rB ee

rÌÌ

(43)

where M is the total magnetic moment of the star. The constants c0, c

1, c

2, c

3, and Ì in Eqs. (38)-(43) are determined

from the continuity conditions at r = a and r = R and from the condition

, 3

821 Ì

π=+ BVVBq(44)

where qB is the z component of the magnetic field in the quark phase of volume V1, while V

2 is the volume of the hadronic

phase. We assume that the magnetic field in both phases is constant and parallel to the axis of rotation of the star, z.

As we shall see below, this assumption is satisfied with great accuracy, since a, R, and R - a are much greater than pλ

and qλ .

The continuity conditions for the components of the magnetic field at r = a and r = R lead to the following

equations:

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( ) ( ) ( ),

2

sin

2ctg

2202 B

a

aAc

a

aM

a

aM+=

α+α+ ϕϕϕ

(45)

( )( ) ( )( )( ) ,

1

sin

2ctg

21 02 BrrAdr

d

r

c

a

aMrrM

dr

d

r arar+=

α+α+

=ϕϕ

=ϕ (46)

( ),

223R

BR

RA Ì=+ϕ(47)

( )( ) . 1

3RBrrA

dr

d

r Rr

Ì−=+=ϕ (48)

Substituting ( )rMϕ and ( )rAϕ from Eqs. (30), (35), and (42) in the system of Eqs. (45)-(48), and solving this system

subject to the fact that the radii a and R and the thickness of the spherical layer R-a are much greater than the London

lengths pλ and qλ , we obtain expressions for the constants c0, c

1, c

2, c

3, and Ì:

,

shsin2

2

1

qp

qp

q

a

D

ac

λ

α+

λλλ

λ−=

(49)

,

shsin2 2

2

pp

q

Rp

aR

De

ac

p

λ−

α+

λλ

λ=

λ−

(50)

,

shsin2 2

3

pp

q

Rp

aR

De

ac

p

λ−

α+

λλ

λ−=

λ

(51)

.

sinsh2 2

3

α+

λλ

λ−

−=

p

q

p

DaR

a

RBRÌ

(52)

where

. sinsin2

30

23

α−α= acBa

D (53)

To determine the constant c0 we shall assume that the induction B is constant in the hadronic phase. B originates in the

protonic vortical filaments generated by entrainment currents [23].

Let us consider magnetic field distribution at distances r much greater than pλ and qλ . We also use the facts

that apq <<λ<<λ , Rpq <<λ<<λ and aRpq −<<λ<<λ . Then the components of the magnetic field in the quark

phase ( ar ≤ ) are given by

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( ) ( ), cos

sin

2ctg

2

sin1

2 02

22

ϑ

α+α+

αλλ

+= ϕ

λ−− c

a

aMe

ar

DB

q

p

raqr

q

(54)

( ) ( ). sin

sin

2ctg

2

sin

02

2

ϑ

α+α+

α+λλλ

−= ϕλ−−

ϑc

a

aMe

ar

DB

p

q

ra

p

qq

(55)

In the hadronic phase ( Rra ≤≤ ) the magnetic fields are given by

( ), cos

sin22

ϑ

+α+

λλ

=λ−−

Be

ar

DB

p

q

arpr

p

(56)

( ). sin

sin2 2

ϑ

+α+

λλλ

=λ−

ϑ Be

ar

DB

p

q

ar

p

pp

(57)

The components of the external field ( Rr ≥ ) can be written in the form

( ),

cos

sin

23

2

3

r

De

a

RBrB

p

q

aRer

p ϑ

α+λλ

−=λ−−

(58)

( ).

sin

sin2 3

2

3

r

De

a

RBRB

p

q

aRe

p ϑ

α+λλ

−=λ−−

ϑ (59)

As can be seen from Eqs. (54)-(57), the magnetic fields in the quark and hadronic phases depend on the coordinate r only

near the phase boundary r = a. Since the penetration depths pλ and qλ are small compared to a and r - a, the variable

terms in these fields are nonzero only in a thin layer pq λ+λ near the surface of the quark core, so that the magnetic

field in both phases is constant and parallel to the axis of rotation:

( ), cos

sin

2ctg

2 02 ϑ=ϑ

α

+α= ϕ cosBc

a

aMB qq

r (60)

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( ), sinsin

sin

2ctg

202 ϑ−=ϑ

α+α−= ϕ

ϑqq B

c

a

aMB (61)

, cosϑ= BBpr (62)

. sinϑ−=ϑ BBp (63)

Similarly, it follows from Eqs. (58) and (59) that the total magnetic moment of the star 23BR=Ì . Substituting this

value of the magnetic moment in Eq. (44), we obtain

( ).

sin

2ctg

202 B

c

a

aMBq =

α+α= ϕ

(64)

Solving the system of Eqs. (53) and (64), we find the constants c0 and D to be

. 2

sin, 0 0

α== BcD (65)

Thus, the constant c0 in the expression for ( )ϑϕ ,rf is determined by the constant magnetic field B in the hadronic phase,

which is generated by protonic vortical filaments.

In this approximation the magnetic field Br

penetrates from the hadronic phase into the quark phase by means of quark

vortical filaments. The transition region is of thickness on the order of pq λ+λ , so that the constant D is a small quantity

of order ( ) apq λ+λ , and the condition D = 0 is well satisfied.

Note that in this approximation the gluomagnetic field is given by

( ) ( ), cosctg

2

sin1

2

22

ϑα

α+

= ϕλ−−

a

aMe

ar

DK

q

p

raqr

q

ë

ë (66)

( ) ( ). sinctg

2

sin1 2

ϑα

α

λλ

−= ϕλ−−

ϑ a

aMe

ar

DK

q

p

ra

q

qq

(67)

In this approximation, Eqs. (30), (49), and (65) yield the following relation:

( ). 0

sin1 23

=

α

λλ

+=ϕ

q

pa

D

a

aM

(68)

Thus, the gluomagnetic fields vanish in the quark phase.

5. Conclusion

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We have solved the Ginzburg-Landau equations for the magnetic and gluomagnetic gauge fields in a color

superconducting core of a neutron star containing a diquark CFL-condensate. The interaction of the diquark CFL-

condensate with the magnetic and gluomagnetic gauge fields has been taken into account in these equations. The problem

was solved subject to the correct boundary conditions: continuity of the components of the magnetic field and the

conditions for gluon confinement. We have also determined the distribution of the magnetic field in the hadronic phase

(the npe-phase), taking into account the fact that a magnetic field is generated by the entrainment of superconducting

protons by superfluid neutrons. We have shown that this field penetrates into the quark core by means of quark vortical

filaments owing to the presence of screening Meissner currents.

We acknowledge with thanks the financial support of CRDF/NFSAT, grant No. ARP2-3232-YE-04.

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