Simulation of Transitions between “Pasta” Phases in Dense Matter
Simulation of Transitions between “Pasta” Phases in Dense Matter
Calculations of equilibrium properties of dense matter predict that at subnuclear densities nuclei can be rodlike or slablike. To investigate whether transitions between phases with nonspherical nuclei can occur during the collapse of a star, we perform quantum molecular dynamic simulations of the compression of dense matter. We have succeeded …