2001/08/14 by Kei Iida, Gentaro Watanabe, K. Sato +1 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1143/ptp.106.551
published as Prog.Theor.Phys. 106 (2001) 551-559; Erratum-ibid. 110 (2003) 847-848 · 9 pages (LaTeX, PTP style), 3 Postscript figures, to be published in Prog. Theor. Phys
arxiv created 2001/08/14 · openalex publication_date 2001/09/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Formation and decay of rod-like and slab-like nuclei, as may be encountered in the outer parts of neutron stars, are examined within a zero-temperature stability analysis with respect to perturbations inducing fission and proton clustering. The nonspherical nuclei are found to be stable against these perturbations, implying the possibility that the size of the stellar region containing such nuclei exceeds the equilibrium prediction.