Thermal conductivity and phase separation of the crust of accreting neutron stars

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Horowitz, C J ^a   Caballero, O L ^a   Berry, D K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COOLING; DYNAMICS; IMPURITIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUTRONS; PHASE MODULATION; STARS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS;

ATOMIC NUMBERS; COMPLEX COMPOSITIONS; COOLING TIME; ELECTRON CAPTURES; IMPURITY CONCENTRATIONS; IMPURITY SCATTERINGS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NEUTRON STARS; QUADRUPOLE DEFORMATIONS; SIMULATION VOLUMES;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 61349091228     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.026103     Document Type: Article

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