nuclear pasta
nounEtymology
From the resemblance of its phases to various types of pasta.
Definitions
A type of degenerate matter found within the crusts of neutron stars, where the…
A type of degenerate matter found within the crusts of neutron stars, where the competition between nuclear attraction and Coulomb repulsion forces of similar magnitude allows for the formation of a variety of complex structures assembled from neutrons and protons.
- Watanabe, Gentaro; Iida, Kei; Sato, Katsuhiko (10 August 2000), “Thermodynamic properties of nuclear "pasta" in neutron star crusts”, in Nuclear Physics A, volume 676, numbers 1-4, →DOI, pages 455–473
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nuclear pasta. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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