Topological characterization of neutron star crusts

C. O. DORSO; P.GIMENEZ MOLINELLI; , J.LOPEZ

PHYS. REV. - C

AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Lugar: New York; Año: 2012 vol. 86 p. 55805 - 55817

0556-2813

Neutron star crusts are studied using a classical molecular dynamics model developed for heavy-ion reactions.After the model is shown to produce a plethora of the so-called pasta shapes, a series of techniques borrowedfrom nuclear physics, condensed matter physics, and topology is used to craft a method that can be used tocharacterize the shape of the pasta structures in an unequivocal way.