TY - JOUR
T1 - Periodic box Fermi hypernetted chain calculations of neutron star crustal matter
AU - Bassan, Nicola
AU - Fantoni, Stefano
AU - Schmidt, Kevin
PY - 2011/9/19
Y1 - 2011/9/19
N2 - Neutron star crustal matter, whose properties are relevant in many models aimed at explaining observed astrophysical phenomena, has so far always been studied using a mean-field approach. To check the results obtained in this way, a sensible next step is to make use of a realistic nuclear potential. The present paper extends the periodic box Fermi hypernetted chain method to include longitudinal-isospin dependence of the correlations, making feasible a study of asymmetric crustal matter. Results are presented for the symmetry energy, the low-density neutron star equation of state, and the single-particle neutron and proton energies.
AB - Neutron star crustal matter, whose properties are relevant in many models aimed at explaining observed astrophysical phenomena, has so far always been studied using a mean-field approach. To check the results obtained in this way, a sensible next step is to make use of a realistic nuclear potential. The present paper extends the periodic box Fermi hypernetted chain method to include longitudinal-isospin dependence of the correlations, making feasible a study of asymmetric crustal matter. Results are presented for the symmetry energy, the low-density neutron star equation of state, and the single-particle neutron and proton energies.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevC.84.035807
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevC.84.035807
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80053070601
SN - 0556-2813
VL - 84
JO - Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
JF - Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
IS - 3
M1 - 035807
ER -