%0 Journal Article
%T Inner crust of neutron stars with mass-fitted Skyrme functionals
%A J. M. Pearson
%A N. Chamel
%A S. Goriely
%A C. Ducoin
%J Physics
%D 2012
%I arXiv
%R 10.1103/PhysRevC.85.065803
%X The equation of state and composition of the inner crust of neutron stars at zero temperature are calculated, using the T = 0 version of the TETFSI (temperature-dependent extended Thomas-Fermi plus Strutinsky integral) method, for each of a family of three functionals based on Skyrme-type forces BSk19, BSk20 and BSk21, which are characterized by different degrees of symmetry-energy stiffness, and also for the SLy4 functional. We also solve the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations to calculate the distribution of mass within the inner crust. Qualitatively similar results are found for all four functionals, and in particular the number of protons per Wigner-Seitz cell is in all cases equal to 40 throughout the inner crust.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.0205v1