Figure 9: Proton number Z of the nuclear clusters vs. density in the ground state of the inner
crust of neutron stars, calculated by various authors from different liquid drop models based on
many-body theories with effective interactions: RBP(Ravenhall, Bennett and Pethick) [344], Douchin
& Haensel [124], Pethick & Ravenhall [326]. For comparison, the results of the quantum calculations
of Negele & Vautherin [303] (diamonds) are also shown.
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