Liquid crystals in the mantles of neutron stars

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13 March 1998

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9803154

Abstract

Recent calculations indicate that in the outer parts of neutron stars nuclei are rod-like or slab-like, rather than roughly spherical. We consider the elastic properties of these phases, and argue that they behave as liquid crystals, rather than rigid solids. We estimate elastic constants and discuss implications of our results for neutron star behavior.

Keywords

ELASTIC PROPERTIES
ELASTIC CONSTANTS
LIQUID CRYSTALS
NEUTRON STARS
STARS RECENT
SLAB LIKE
MANTLES

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