Light clusters and the pasta phase
Abstract
The effects of including light clusters in nuclear matter at low densities are investigated within four different parametrizations of relativistic models at finite temperature. Both homogeneous and inhomogeneous matter (pasta phase) are described for neutral nuclear matter with fixed proton fractions. We discuss the effect of the density dependence of the symmetry energy, the temperature and the proton fraction on the non-homogeneous matter forming the inner crust of proto-neutron stars. It is shown that the number of nucleons in the clusters, the cluster proton fraction and the sizes of the Wigner Seitz cell and of the cluster are very sensitive to the density dependence of the symmetry energy.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1203.3052,
title = {Light clusters and the pasta phase},
author = {S. S. Avancini and C. C. Barros and L. Brito and S. Chiacchiera and D. P. Menezes and C. Providência},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.3052},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
14 pages, 14 figures; Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C