2020/09/07 by A. A. Kozhberov, D. G. Yakovlev
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Coulomb #Crust #Electron #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Geophysics #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Magnetic field #Neutron star #Nuclear physics #Oscillation (cell signaling) #Physics #Pulsar #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Quantum mechanics #astro-ph.HE
paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/mnras/staa2715
11 pages, 6 figures, Accepted by MNRAS
openalex publication_date 2020/09/07 · arxiv created 2020/09/24 · arxiv updated 2020/09/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
ABSTRACT We study breaking stress of deformed Coulomb crystals in a neutron star crust, taking into account electron plasma screening of ion–ion interaction; calculated breaking stress is fitted as a function of electron screening parameter. We apply the results for analysing torsional oscillation modes in the crust of a non-magnetic star. We present exact analytical expression for the fundamental frequencies of such oscillations and show that the frequencies of all torsional oscillations are insensitive to the presence of the outer neutron star crust. The results can be useful in theoretical modelling of processes involving deformed Coulomb crystals in the crust of neutron stars, such as magnetic field evolution, torsional crustal, or magneto-elastic quasi-periodic oscillations of flaring soft gamma-ray repeaters, pulsar glitches. The applicability of the results to soft gamma-ray repeaters is discussed.