Thermodynamic versus Dynamical Description of the Neutron-Star Crust-Core Instability: Implications for Crustal Observables

arXiv:2606.10090 · nucl-th, astro-ph.SR, nucl-ex · Submitted 2026-06-08 · Read on arXiv

Athul Kunjipurayil, J. Piekarewicz

nucl-th, astro-ph.SR, nucl-ex

Submitted: 2026-06-08

Comments: 11 pages, 5 figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Core — 46× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Momentum transfer — 14× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Entrainment — 11× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Clustering — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Frustration — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Density Functional Theory (DFT) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Generalization — 1× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes

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