Depth profile of a neutron star. Red type indicates how the predicted composition changes on the basis of a precision mass measurement of the neutron-rich isotope ⁸²Zn. Selected for a Synopsis in Physics.

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Plumbing Neutron Stars to New Depths with the Binding Energy of the Exotic Nuclide ${}^{82}\mathrm{Zn}$
R. N. Wolf, D. Beck, K. Blaum, Ch. Böhm, Ch. Borgmann, M. Breitenfeldt, N. Chamel, S. Goriely, F. Herfurth, M. Kowalska, S. Kreim, D. Lunney, V. Manea, E. Minaya Ramirez, S. Naimi, D. Neidherr, M. Rosenbusch, L. Schweikhard, J. Stanja, F. Wienholtz, and K. Zuber
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 041101 (2013)

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