Layers of electron captures in the crust of accreting neutron stars

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Fig. 3.

Heating rate per unit volume $\dot{q}$ $\dot{q}$ in the shell with proton number Z₀ = 26 as a function of the pressure during active accretion. This quantity is given for the mixed layer approach in blue and compared to the quasi-instantaneous approach in orange.

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