Pairing: from atomic nuclei to neutron-star crusts

Abstract

Nuclear pairing is studied both in atomic nuclei and in neutron-star crusts in the unified framework of the energy-density functional theory using generalized Skyrme functionals complemented with a local pairing functional obtained from many-body calculations in homogeneous nuclear matter using realistic forces.

Comments: 16 pages, 3 figures. Contribution for the book "50 years of nuclear BCS", edited by R.A. Broglia and V. Zelevinsky