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The Equation of State of Matter at Sub-Nuclear Density
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
Abstract
An extremely simple form for the energy density of a nuclear many-body system is derived from the two-body nucleon-nucleon interaction. This theory, which yields excellent results for energies and density distributions of finite nuclei, is used to determine the ground state configuration of matter at sub-nuclear density. As the baryon density is increased, nuclei become progressively more neutron rich until neutrons eventually escape, yielding a Coulomb lattice of bound neutron and proton clusters surrounded by a dilute neutron gas. The clusters enlarge and the lattice constant decreases with increasing density, approaching a completely uniform state near nuclear density.
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 53: Physics of Dense Matter , 1974 , pp. 1 - 25
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- Copyright © Reidel 1974
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