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A theoretical study of the magnetically deformed inner crust matter of magnetars

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We have studied various physical properties of magnetically deformed atoms and the associated matter, replacing the atoms by the deformed Wigner-Seitz (WS) cells at the crustal region of strongly magnetized neutron stars (magnetars). A relativistic version of the Thomas-Fermi (TF) model in the presence of a strong magnetic field in cylindrical coordinates is used to study the properties of such matter.

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Ghosh, A., Chakrabarty, S. A theoretical study of the magnetically deformed inner crust matter of magnetars. Eur. Phys. J. A 47, 56 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2011-11056-9

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