Structure of the inner crust of neutron stars: Crystal lattice or disordered phase?
Structure of the inner crust of neutron stars: Crystal lattice or disordered phase?
We investigate the inner crust structure of neutron stars using the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock approach with the Coulomb interaction treated beyond the Wigner-Seitz approximation. Our results suggest that the shell effects associated with unbound neutrons play an important role and, in particular, lead to complicated phase transition pattern between various nuclear phases …