Figure 3

Figure 3: Left panel: melting temperature versus density. Right panel: electron and ion plasma temperature versus density. Solid lines: the ground-state composition of the crust is assumed: Haensel & Pichon [183] for the outer crust, and Negele & Vautherin [303] for the inner crust. Dot lines: accreted crust, as calculated by Haensel & Zdunik [185]. Jumps result from discontinuous changes of Z and A. Dot-dash line: results obtained for the compressible liquid drop model of Douchin & Haensel [125] for the ground state of the inner crust; a smooth behavior (absence of jumps) results from the approximation inherent in the compressible liquid drop model. Thick vertical dashes: neutron drip point for a given crust model. Figure made by A.Y. Potekhin.