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most citedDisordered nuclear pasta, magnetic field decay, and crust cooling in neutron stars

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astro-ph.SR2012★ 27 cited

Direct MD simulation of liquid-solid phase equilibria for three-component plasma

J. Hughto, C. J. Horowitz, A. S. Schneider +3

The neutron rich isotope 22Ne may be a significant impurity in carbon and oxygen white dwarfs and could impact how the stars freeze. We perform molecular dynamics simulations to de…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 4 cited

Neutron Star Crust and Molecular Dynamics Simulation

C. J. Horowitz, J. Hughto, A. Schneider +1

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 formalis…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 12 cited

Direct MD simulation of liquid-solid phase equilibria for two-component plasmas

A. S. Schneider, J. Hughto, C. J. Horowitz +1

We determine the liquid-solid phase diagram for carbon-oxygen and oxygen-selenium plasma mixtures using two-phase MD simulations. We identified liquid, solid, and interface regions…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 33 cited

Diffusion in Coulomb Crystals

J. Hughto, A. S. Schneider, C. J. Horowitz +1

Diffusion in coulomb crystals can be important for the structure of neutron star crusts. We determine diffusion constants from molecular dynamics simulations. We find that …

astro-ph.SR2010★ 59 cited

Diffusion of Neon in White Dwarf Stars

C. J. Horowitz, J. Hughto, A. S. Schneider +1

Sedimentation of the neutron rich isotope Ne may be an important source of gravitational energy during the cooling of white dwarf stars. This depends on the diffusion consta…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 102 cited

Crystallization of Carbon Oxygen Mixtures in White Dwarf Stars

C. J. Horowitz, A. S. Schneider, D. K. Berry

We determine the phase diagram for dense carbon/ oxygen mixtures in White Dwarf (WD) star interiors using molecular dynamics simulations involving liquid and solid phases. Our phas…