Preface . . vii

Introduction . . 1
Chapter 1: Neutron Star Crust and Molecular Dynamics Simulation . . 3
Chapter 2: Nuclear Pasta in Supernovae and Neutron Stars . . 23
Chapter 3: Terrestrial and Astrophysical Superfluidity: Cold Atoms and Neutron Matter . . 45
Chapter 4: Pairing Correlations and Thermodynamic Properties of Inner Crust Matter . . 65
Chapter 5: The Crust of Spinning-Down Neutron Stars . . 85
Chapter 6: Influence of the Nuclear Symmetry Energy on the Structure 
           and Composition of the Outer Crust . . 103
Chapter 7: Equation of State for Proto-Neutron Star . . 129
Chapter 8: From Nuclei to Nuclear Pasta . . 151
Chapter 9: The Structure of the Neutron Star Crust 
           within a Semi-microscopic Energy Density Functional Method . . 171
Chapter 10: The Inner Crust and Its Structure . . 193
Chapter 11: Neutron-star Crusts and Finite Nuclei . . 213
Chapter 12: The Nuclear Symmetry Energy, the Inner Crust and Global Neutron Star Modeling . . 235
Chapter 13: Neutron Starquakes and the Dynamic Crust . . 265
Chapter 14: Thermal and Transport Properties of the Neutron Star Inner Crust . . 281
Chapter 15: Quantum Description of the Low-Density Inner Crust: 
            Finite Size Effects and Linear Response, Superfluidity, Vortices . . 309

Index . . 329