Physics of Neutron Star Crusts
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Living Rev. Relativity, 11, (2008), 10 http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2008-10
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Physics of Neutron Star Crusts Nicolas Chamel Institut d’Astronomie et d’Astrophysique Universit´ e Libre de Bruxelles CP226 Boulevard du Triomphe B-1050 Brussels, Belgium email: [email protected] http://www-astro.ulb.ac.be/
Pawel Haensel Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center Polish Academy of Sciences Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warszawa, Poland email: [email protected] http://www.camk.edu.pl
Living Reviews in Relativity ISSN 1433-8351 Accepted on 5 September 2008 Published on 12 December 2008
Abstract The physics of neutron star crusts is vast, involving many different research fields, from nuclear and condensed matter physics to general relativity. This review summarizes the progress, which has been achieved over the last few years, in modeling neutron star crusts, both at the microscopic and macroscopic levels. The confrontation of these theoretical models with observations is also briefly discussed.
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Contents 1 Introduction
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2 Plasma Parameters 2.1 No magnetic field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Effects of magnetic fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3 The Ground State Structure of Neutron Star Crusts 3.1 Structure of the outer crust .
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