Topological analysis of nuclear pasta phases

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Authors	KYCIA Radoslaw Antoni KUBIS S. WOJCIK W.
Year of publication	2017
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	PHYSICAL REVIEW C
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	https://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.025803
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.025803
Field	Astronomy and astrophysics
Keywords	topological analysis; nuclear pasta phases; neutron star
Description	In this article the analysis of the result of numerical simulations of pasta phases using algebraic topology methods is presented. These considerations suggest that some phases can be further split into subphases and therefore should be more refined in numerical simulations. The results presented in this article can also be used to relate the Euler characteristic from numerical simulations to the geometry of the phases. The Betti numbers are used as they provide finer characterization of the phases. It is also shown that different boundary conditions give different outcomes.
Related projects:	Matematické struktury 6