3 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
Novae breves from magnetar giant flares: Potential probes of neutron star crusts
Jiahang Zhong, Qiu-Hong Chen, Yacheng Kang +4
Matter ejected from the magnetar crust during giant flares (GFs) may undergo -process nucleosynthesis, producing short-lived optical transients termed "novae breves". Although i…
astro-ph.HE2025
Seeking the nearest neutron stars using a new local electron density map
Joseph Bramante, Katherine Mack, Nirmal Raj +2
Neutron stars provide a compelling testing ground for gravity, nuclear dynamics, and physics beyond the Standard Model, and so it will be useful to locate the neutron stars nearest…
gr-qc2024
Continuous gravitational waves from thermal mountains on accreting neutron stars: effect of the nuclear pasta phase
Hong-Bo Li, Lijing Shao, Cheng-Jun Xia +1
As density increases, the shape of nuclei transitions to non-spherical ``nuclear pasta" structures. The physical properties of the nuclear pasta, such as thermal conductivity and e…