Neutron
star
crusts
are
ideal
extra-terrestrial
laboratories
to
study
nuclear
physics
under
extreme
conditions.
Dense
layers
of
the
crust
can
constitute
a
"pasta"
phase
with
nuclear
clusters
of various shapes and dimensionality. Thermal and
electrical transport characteristics are
potentialy important in absorption of neutrinos
during the proto-neutron star phase. The crust might
also hold vortices of a neutron superfluid with
significant impact on the rotational evolution of
the star and its glitches.
(Artistic
rendition: Henrique Bertulani)
C.A. Bertulani
(Texas A&M-Commerce)
J. Piekarewicz
(Florida State University)
The "Neutron Star
Crust" book will be available in 2012 by Nova
Publishers. It consists of chapters written by
well-known scientists working in this field.
The book communicates the successes of the past and the challenges that lie ahead, fostering dialogue and promoting collaborations between the astrophysics and the nuclear-physics communities.
Preface by
Jocelyn
Bell Burnell (Oxford, UK)
(Discoverer of the first radio pulsar with her
thesis supervisor Antony Hewish)
Table of Contents
Chapters consist of
(a) An
introduction/review that communicate clearly and without
excessive jargon the big picture in the field to
researchers outside this scientific community,
(b) A summary of some important results and accomplishments of the authors,
(c) Some of the remaining open questions and the role that both communities may play in tackling these challenges.
(b) A summary of some important results and accomplishments of the authors,
(c) Some of the remaining open questions and the role that both communities may play in tackling these challenges.
"Pulsars
and Extreme Physics"
(an online video seminar by Jocelyn Bell Burnell)
Basics facts on Neutron Star (Wikipedia)
Search for "Neutron Star Crust" on
Preprints: arXiV
Astrophysical Journal
Books