Isospin-rich nuclei in neutron star matter

Isospin-rich nuclei in neutron star matter

Stability of nuclei beyond the drip lines in the presence of an enveloping gas of nucleons and electrons, as prevailing in the inner crust of a neutron star, is studied in the temperature-dependent Thomas-Fermi framework. A limiting asymmetry in the isospin space beyond which nuclei cannot exist emerges from the calculations. The ambient conditions like temperature, baryon density and neutrino ...

Isospin-dependent clusterization of Neutron-Star Matter

Fission barriers in the neutron-proton isospin plane for heavy neutron-rich nuclei

Microscopic many-body theory of nuclei and neutron star matter

We review the recent progress in application of microscopic many-body theory, based on realistic twoand threenucleon interactions, to nuclei and neutron star matter. Modern models of nuclear interactions are discussed along with quantum Monte Carlo methods used to calculate nuclear and nucleon matter properties. Essentially exact Green’s function Monte Carlo calculations have been successfully ...

Superfluidity in Neutron Star Matter