Nuclear "pasta" structures in low-density nuclear matter and neutron star crust
Nuclear Theory
2014-01-31 v2
Abstract
In neutron star crust, non-uniform structure of nuclear matter is expected, which is called the "pasta" structure. From the recent studies of giant flares in magnetars, these structures might be related to some observables and physical quantities of the neutron star crust. To investigate the above quantities, we numerically explore the pasta structures with a fully threedimensional geometry and study the properties of low-density nuclear matter, based on the relativistic mean-field model and the Thomas-Fermi approximation. We observe typical pasta structures for fixed proton number-fraction and two of them for cold catalyzed matter. We also discuss the crystalline configuration of "pasta".
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@article{arxiv.1304.4318,
title = {Nuclear "pasta" structures in low-density nuclear matter and neutron star crust},
author = {Minoru Okamoto and Toshiki Maruyama and Kazuhiro Yabana and Toshitaka Tatsumi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.4318},
year = {2014}
}
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10 pages, 10 figures