Crystalline Structure in the Confined-Deconfined Mixed Phase: Neutron Stars

Norman K. Glendenning, S. Pei

Published 1997-06-06Version 1

We review the differences in first order phase transition of single and multi-component systems, and then discuss the crystalline structure expected to exist in the mixed confined deconfined phase of hadronic matter. The particular context of neutron stars is chosen for illustration. The qualitative results are general and apply for example to the vapor-liquid transition in subsaturated asymmetric nuclear matter.