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Neutron Star
Neutron neutron neutron star
formed by gravitational
collapse
a supernova straps
your power in.
If I venture to your centre, I won't get out again.
Neutron neutron neutron star
what strangeness does your crust obscure.
Is there a quark-gluon plasma
beneath your skin?
Do your superfluid neutrons have any spin?
You are small
You are hot
And you rotate a lot
Up to several hundred times a second
In your prime.
Neutron neutron neutron star
denser than if I pushed all the people
in all the world
into a sugar cube.
If I were a neutron star, I'd get binary with you.
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Crashlander
[Coda to Neutron Star]
Crashlander, crashlander, crashlander, crashlander.
I'm calling from within the heart of this golden star.
Beginning to fall, this time I ventured too far.
It's over.
Over.
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References:
Further reading with respect to the gluon-plasma and the question of neutron spin, (if anyone
is interested).
[1] A. B. Migdal. (1959). Nucl. Phys., 13:655.
[2] B. Link. (2006). Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 31:80–87. DOI: 10.1088/1742-
6596/31/1/013. http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1742-6596/31/1/013/jpconf6_31_