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Properties of Neutron Star Crust with Improved Nuclear Physics: Impact of Chiral EFT Interactions and Experimental Nuclear Masses
- Award ID(s):
- 2020275
- PAR ID:
- 10331365
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Few-Body Systems
- Volume:
- 62
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 0177-7963
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-021-01697-y
