Crusty Conference Blog

Bob Rutledge and colleagues are blogging the:

Defining the Neutron Star Crust '09 workshop in Santa Fe.
Right now.

X-ray bursts, superbursts and giant flares. Oh my.

Some good stuff, interesting talk summaries.

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