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Nuclear pasta structure in hot neutron stars

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Structure of cold and hot dense matter at subnuclear densities is investigated by quantum molecular dynamics (QMD) simulations. Obtained phase diagrams show that the density of the phase boundaries between the different nuclear structures decreases with increasing temperature due to the thermal expansion of nuclear matter region.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0310290,
  title  = {Nuclear pasta structure in hot neutron stars},
  author = {Gentaro Watanabe and Katsuhiko Sato and Kenji Yasuoka and Toshikazu Ebisuzaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0310290},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

2 pages, 1figure, To appear in "Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments" (IAU Symposium 218, ASP Conference Proceedings), eds F. Camilo and B. M. Gaensler