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The diffraction of fast atoms at crystal surfaces is ideal for a detailed investigation of the surface electronic density. However, instead of sharp diffraction spots, most experiments show elongated streaks characteristic of inelastic…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Philippe Roncin , Maxime Debiossac

Shear modulus of solid neutron star crust is calculated by thermodynamic perturbation theory taking into account ion motion. At given density the crust is modelled as a body-centered cubic Coulomb crystal of fully ionized atomic nuclei of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 D. A. Baiko

In this work we study properties of neutron star crusts, where matter is expected to consist of nuclei surrounded by superfluid neutrons and a homogeneous background of relativistic electrons. The nuclei are disposed in a Coulomb lattice,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Oe. Elgaroey , L. Engvik , E. Osnes , F. V. De Blasio , M. Hjorth-Jensen , G. Lazzari

To make best use of multi-faceted astronomical and nuclear data-sets, probability distributions of neutron star models that can be used to propagate errors consistently from one domain to another are required. We take steps toward a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-22 Lauren Balliet , William Newton , Sarah Cantu , Srdan Budimir

This paper shows by computer simulations that some crystalline systems have curves in their thermodynamic phase diagrams, so-called isomorphs, along which structure and dynamics in reduced units are invariant to a good approximation. The…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-01-17 Dan E. Albrechtsen , Andreas E. Olsen , Ulf R. Pedersen , Thomas B. Schrøder , Jeppe C. Dyre

We construct new models of outer heat blanketing envelopes of neutron stars composed of binary ion mixtures (H - He, He - C, C - Fe) in and out of diffusive equilibrium. To this aim, we generalize our previous work on diffusion of ions in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-26 M. V. Beznogov , A. Y. Potekhin , D. G. Yakovlev

Diffusion in an evolving environment is studied by continuos-time Monte Carlo simulations. Diffusion is modelled by continuos-time random walkers on a lattice, in a dynamic environment provided by bubbles between two one-dimensional…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-11-22 Janne Juntunen , Juha Merikoski

Realistic estimations on the elastic properties of neutron star matter are carried out with a large strain ($\varepsilon \lesssim 0.5$) in the framework of relativistic-mean-field model with Thomas-Fermi approximation, where various…

Diffusion in Yukawa crystals is stochastic due to the thermally activated formation of vacancy-interstitial pairs, which have poor statistics in simulations. This makes it difficult to argue if Yukawa crystals exhibit normal diffusion, or…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-05-01 Matthew E. Caplan , Dany Yaacoub

Crystal Structure Prediction (CSP) is crucial in various scientific disciplines. While CSP can be addressed by employing currently-prevailing generative models (e.g. diffusion models), this task encounters unique challenges owing to the…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-03-08 Rui Jiao , Wenbing Huang , Peijia Lin , Jiaqi Han , Pin Chen , Yutong Lu , Yang Liu

Self-diffusion and radial distribution functions are studied in a strongly confined Lennard-Jones fluid. Surprisingly, in the solid-liquid phase transition region, where the system exhibits dynamic coexistence, the self-diffusion constants…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-02-11 N. de Sousa , J. J. Sáenz , Frank Scheffold , A. García Martín , L. S. Froufe-Pérez

The suppression of the neutron superfluid fraction in the inner crust of a cold neutron star is mitigated by the quantum zero-point motion of ions about their equilibrium position. In turn, the crustal dynamics is altered by the presence of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-21 Nicolas Chamel

Aims. We probe the effect of turbulent diffusion on the chemistry at the interface between a cold neutral medium (CNM) cloudlet and the warm neutral medium (WNM). Methods. We perform moving grid, multifluid, 1D, hydrodynamical simulations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Lesaffre , M. Gerin , P. Hennebelle

Observed temperatures of transiently accreting neutron stars in the quiescent state are generally believed to be supported by deep crustal heating, associated with non-equilibrium exothermic reactions in the crust. Traditionally, these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-03 Andrey Chugunov , Nikolay Shchechilin

Dense matter as it can be found in core-collapse supernovae and neutron stars is expected to exhibit different phase transitions which impact the matter composition and equation of state, with important consequences on the dynamics of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 F. Gulminelli , Ad. R. Raduta , J. Margueron , P. Papakonstantinou , M. Oertel

Background: The inner crust of a neutron star is believed to consist of Coulomb-frustrated complex structures known as "nuclear pasta" that display interesting and unique low-energy dynamics. Purpose: To elucidate the structure and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 K. H. O. Hasnaoui , J. Piekarewicz

The structure of the crust of a neutron star is completely determined by the experimentally measured nuclear masses up to a density of the order of 10^11 g.cm^{-3}. At higher densities, the composition of the crust still remains uncertain,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Nicolas Chamel

Deviations from the perfect atomic arrangements in crystals play an important role in affecting their properties. Similarly, diffusion of such deviations is behind many microstructural changes in solids. However, observation of point defect…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-07-28 Jani Kotakoski , Clemens Mangler , Jannik C. Meyer

Despite the fact that different particle species can diffuse with respect to each other in neutron star (NS) cores, the effect of particle diffusion on various phenomena associated with NS oscillations is usually ignored. Here we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-21 K. Y. Kraav , M. E. Gusakov , E. M. Kantor

The collective diffusion effects in system of a colloidal particles in a liquid crystal has been proposed. In this article described peculiarity of collective diffusion colloidal particles in a liquid crystal, which can be observe…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-12-25 B. I. Lev , A. G. Zagorodny