The Elasticity of the Neutron Star Mantle: The Improved Compressible Liquid Drop Model for Cylindrical Phases by Nikita A. Zemlyakov, Andrey I. Chugunov

“…In this paper, we reconsider the transverse shear modulus for cylindrical phases of the mantle within the framework of the compressible liquid drop model. We demonstrate that transverse shearing affects the shape of nuclear clusters: their cross-section becomes elliptical. …”
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Pasta Phases in Neutron Star Mantle: Extended Thomas–Fermi vs. Compressible Liquid Drop Approaches by Nikolai N. Shchechilin, Nikita A. Zemlyakov, Andrey I. Chugunov, Mikhail E. Gusakov

“…In this paper, we compare results obtained by the Extended Thomas–Fermi (ETF) method with the compressible liquid drop model (CLDM), based on the thermodynamically consistent description of the surface properties calculated for the two-phase plane interface and the same energy-density functional (for numerical illustration, we applied the Skyrme-type functional SLy4). …”
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