Neutron Star Crust and Molecular Dynamics Simulation
arXiv:1109.5095
Abstract
In this book chapter we review plasma crystals in the laboratory, in the interior of white dwarf stars, and in the crust of neutron stars. We describe a molecular dynamics formalism and show results for many neutron star crust properties including phase separation upon freezing, diffusion, breaking strain, shear viscosity and dynamics response of nuclear pasta. We end with a summary and discuss open questions and challenges for the future.
20 pages, 9 figures; to appear as a chapter in the book "Neutron Star Crust", edited by C. A. Bertulani and J. Piekarewicz