Nuclear Pasta: Topology and Defects

ORAL

Abstract

A layer of complex non-uniform phases of matter known as nuclear pasta is expected to exist at the base of the crust of neutron stars. Using large scale molecular dynamics we study the topology of some pasta shapes, the formation of defects and how these may affect properties of neutron star crusts.

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Authors

  • Andre da Silva Schneider

    Caltech

  • Charles J. Horowitz

    Indiana Univ - Bloomington, Indiana University

  • Don Berry

    UITS, Indiana University, Indiana Univ - Bloomington, Indiana University

  • Matt Caplan

    Indiana University, Indiana Univ - Bloomington

  • Christian Briggs

    Indiana Univ - Bloomington, Indiana University