The Neutrino Opacity of Neutron Star Inner Crust

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The study of neutron rich matter, present in neutron star, proto-neutron stars and core-collapse supernovae, can lead to further understanding of the behavior of nuclear matter in highly asymmetric nuclei.

• Heterogeneous structures are expected to exist in these systems, often referred to as nuclear pasta.
• We have carried out a systematic study of neutrino opacity for different thermodynamic conditions in order to assess the impact that the structure has on it.
• We studied the dynamics of the neutrino opacity of the heterogeneous matter at different thermodynamic conditions with semiclassical molecular dynamics model already used to study nuclear multifragmentation.