https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2403.18135/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39888511urn:hackerpapers:mention:2403.18135:39888511Sun, 31 Mar 2024 22:08:03 GMT<p>That seems a bit excessively nitpicky. Neither you nor the comment you corrected somewhat is really wrong. I&#x27;m not sure you&#x27;re much more right, though. Thomas-Fermi screening and the Coulomb crystal lattice of the outer crust isn&#x27;t very plasma-like (and differs from the astrophysical plasma in the accretion disc). Perhaps it&#x27;s better to say that it&#x27;s a phase of matter unlike the &quot;classical four&quot;, and more like one of the dozens and dozens of known condensed matter states. Chamel 2007 is pretty interesting on that front: &lt;https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3798&gt;. I would agree with you about the inner…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2403.18135/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.HE