Researchers suggest changes to theories regarding neutron star crust structure

(Phys.org) —A pair of researchers affiliated with universities in Sweden and Denmark has published a paper in the journal Physical Review Letters, suggesting that current theories that describe the makeup of the crust of neutron stars need to be rethought. In their study Dmitry Kobyakov and Chris Pethick have found that if the crusts of neutron stars conformed to current thinking, they would be unstable.

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