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 …

∼ 6% of all known pulsars have been observed to exhibit sudden spin-up events, known as
glitches. For more than fifty years, these phenomena have played an important role in …

Nuclear Superfluidity is a monograph devoted exclusively to pair correlations in nuclei. It
begins by exploring pair correlations in a variety of systems including superconductivity in …

We report an experiment in which an optical vortex is stored in a vapor of Rb atoms.
Because of its 2 π phase twist, this mode, also known as the Laguerre-Gauss mode, is …

We study pinning and unpinning of superfluid vortices in the inner crust of a neutron star
using three-dimensional dynamical simulations. Strong pinning occurs for certain lattice …

The nature of the interaction between superfluid vortices and the neutron star crust,
conjectured by Anderson and Itoh in 1975 to be at the heart vortex creep and the cause of …

Using the fourth-order extended Thomas-Fermi method with Strutinsky-integral shell and
pairing corrections, we calculate the inner crust of neutron stars with the BSk31 functional …

Recent observations of old warm neutron stars suggest the presence of a heating source in
these stars, requiring a paradigm beyond the standard neutron-star cooling theory. In this …

Our previous investigation within the time-dependent nuclear energy-density functional
theory showed that the nuclear superfluids contained inside cold neutron stars could …

We present a minimal nuclear energy density functional (NEDF) called “SeaLL1” that has
the smallest number of possible phenomenological parameters to date. SeaLL1 is defined …