Microscopic Study of Nuclear “Pasta” by Quantum Molecular Dynamics
Author(s) -
Gentaro Watanabe,
Katsuhiko Sato,
Kenji Yasuoka,
Toshikazu Ebisuzaki
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
progress of theoretical physics supplement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0375-9687
DOI - 10.1143/ptps.146.638
Subject(s) - dynamics (music) , molecular dynamics , quantum , slab , nuclear matter , physics , chemical physics , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , nucleon , acoustics , geophysics
Structure of cold dense stellar matter at subnuclear densities isinvestigated with quantum molecular dynamics (QMD). We succeeded in showingthat the phases with slab-like and rod-like nuclei etc. can be formeddynamically without any assumptions on the nuclear shape. Our result suggeststhe existence of these kinds of phases in neutron star crusts.Comment: to appear in Proceedings of YKIS01 "Physics of Unstable Nuclei", Kyoto, December, 2001 (supplement volume of Prog. Theor. Phys.
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