Is there pasta in neutron stars?

The interior of neutron stars may contain a mantle made of very exotic neutron-proton clusters with unusual shapes such as rods or slabs collectively referred to as “nuclear pastas” coexisting with free nucleons and a charge neutralizing gas of electrons. Adding shell and pairing effects perturbativ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chamel Nicolas, Pearson John Michael, Shchechilin Nikolai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2022-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2022/18/epjconf_confxv2022_07013.pdf