Abstract
Neutron star crusts are studied using a classical molecular dynamics model developed for heavy-ion reactions. After the model is shown to produce a plethora of the so-called pasta shapes, a series of techniques borrowed from nuclear physics, condensed matter physics, and topology is used to craft a method that can be used to characterize the shape of the pasta structures in an unequivocal way.
7 More- Received 6 June 2012
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.86.055805
©2012 American Physical Society
Synopsis
Italian Delicacies Served Up in a Neutron Star Crust
Published 29 November 2012
A new way of topologically labeling the pasta phases thought to exist in neutron stars could help researchers sort out how the phases contribute to star cooling.
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