On the electrodynamical properties of nuclear matter in bulk
- ICRAnet and ICRA, Piazzale della Repubblica 10, 65122 Pescara (Italy)
We analyze the properties of solutions of the relativistic Thomas-Fermi equation for globally neutral cores with radius of the order of R{approx_equal}10 Km, at constant densities around the nuclear density. By using numerical tecniques as well as well tested analytic procedures developed in the study of heavy ions, we confirm the existence of an electric field close to the critical value E{sub c} = m{sub e}{sup 2}c{sup 3}/e({Dirac_h}/2{pi}) in a shell {delta}R{approx_equal}l0{sup 4}({Dirac_h}/2{pi})/m{sub {pi}}c near the core surface. For a core of {approx_equal}10 Km the difference in binding energy reaches 10{sup 49} ergs. These results can be of interest for the understanding of very heavy nuclei as well as physics of neutron stars, their formation processes and further gravitational collapse to a black hole.
- OSTI ID:
- 21043511
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 966, Issue 1; Conference: 4. Italian-Sino workshop on relativistic astrophysics, Pescara (Italy), 20-28 Jul 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2836986; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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