Role of the boundary conditions in the Wigner-Seitz approximation applied to the neutron star inner crust
arXiv:nucl-th/0605010 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2006.07.003
Abstract
The influence of the boundary conditions used in the Wigner-Seitz (WS) approximation applied to the neutron star inner crust is examined. The generalized energy functional method which includes the neutron and proton pairing correlations is used. Predictions of two versions of the boundary conditions are compared with each other. The uncertainties in the equilibrium configuration (Z,R_c) of the crust, where Z is the proton charge and R_c, the radius of the WS cell, correspond to variation of Z by 2 - 6 units and of R_c, by 1 - 2 fm. The effect of the boundary conditions is enhanced at increasing density. These uncertainties are smaller than the variation of Z and R_c coming from the pairing effects. In the case of high densities, k_F greater than 1 1/fm, the most important uncertainty occurs in the value of the neutron gap. In the WS approximation, it originates from the shell effect in the neutron single-particle spectrum which is rather pronounced in the case of larger k_F and, correspondingly, small R_c values, but it becomes negligible at lower density near the drip point. An approximate recipe to avoid this uncertainty is suggested.
Extended version of arXiv: nucl-th/0601096
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