Chamel Nicolas, Haensel Pawel
Institut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP226, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warszawa, Poland.
Living Rev Relativ. 2008;11(1):10. doi: 10.12942/lrr-2008-10. Epub 2008 Dec 12.
The physics of neutron star crusts is vast, involving many different research fields, from nuclear and condensed matter physics to general relativity. This review summarizes the progress, which has been achieved over the last few years, in modeling neutron star crusts, both at the microscopic and macroscopic levels. The confrontation of these theoretical models with observations is also briefly discussed.