Bulg. J. Phys. vol.40 no.4 (2013), pp. 275-280



Exotic Nuclei in the Crust of Magnetars

N. Chamel1, R.L. Pavlov2, L.M. Mihailov3, Ch.J. Velchev2, Zh.K. Stoyanov3, Y.D. Mutafchieva2, M.D. Ivanovich2
1Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 226, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
2Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 72 Tsarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
3Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 72 Tsarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract. We have determined the sequence of exotic nuclei expected to be present in the outer crust of a magnetar. For this purpose, we have made use of experimental atomic mass measurements from the 2012 Atomic Mass Evaluation, complemented with the latest microscopic atomic mass models from the Brussels-Montreal group.

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