Figure 15

Figure 15: Single particle energy spectrum of unbound neutrons in the ground state of the inner crust composed of 200Zr, at ρ ≃ 7 × 1011 g cm–3, obtained by Chamel et al. [96]. Left: calculation in the Wigner–Seitz approximation. Right: full band structure calculation (reduced zone scheme) assuming that the crust is a body-centered cubic lattice with nuclear clusters (solid line) and without (dashed line). The capital letters on the horizontal axis refer to lines or points in k-space, as indicated in Figure 14.