Neutron stars and the nuclear matter equation of state

JM Lattimer - Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Neutron stars provide a window into the properties of dense nuclear matter. Several recent
observational and theoretical developments provide powerful constraints on their structure …

Neutron stars and the nuclear equation of state

GF Burgio, HJ Schulze, I Vidaña, JB Wei - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
We review the current status and recent progress of microscopic many-body approaches
and phenomenological models, which are employed to construct the equation of state of …

Constraints on nuclear symmetry energy parameters

JM Lattimer - Particles, 2023 - mdpi.com
A review is made of constraints on the nuclear symmetry energy parameters arising from
nuclear binding energy measurements, theoretical chiral effective field predictions of …

Limiting masses and radii of neutron stars and their implications

C Drischler, S Han, JM Lattimer, M Prakash, S Reddy… - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
We combine the equation of state of dense matter up to twice nuclear saturation density n
sat obtained using chiral effective field theory (χ EFT) and recent observations of neutron …

Symmetry parameter constraints from a lower bound on neutron-matter energy

I Tews, JM Lattimer, A Ohnishi… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We propose the existence of a lower bound on the energy of pure neutron matter (PNM) on
the basis of unitary-gas considerations. We discuss its justification from experimental studies …

Neutron star radii and crusts: Uncertainties and unified equations of state

M Fortin, C Providência, AR Raduta, F Gulminelli… - Physical Review C, 2016 - APS
The uncertainties in neutron star radii and crust properties due to our limited knowledge of
the equation of state are quantitatively analyzed. We first demonstrate the importance of a …

Towards understanding astrophysical effects of nuclear symmetry energy

BA Li, PG Krastev, DH Wen, NB Zhang - The European Physical Journal A, 2019 - Springer
Determining the Equation of State (EOS) of dense neutron-rich nuclear matter is a shared
goal of both nuclear physics and astrophysics. Except possible phase transitions, the density …

Constraining the symmetry parameters of the nuclear interaction

JM Lattimer, Y Lim - The Astrophysical Journal, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the major uncertainties in the dense matter equation of state has been the nuclear
symmetry energy. The density dependence of the symmetry energy is important in nuclear …

[图书][B] Compact stars: Nuclear physics, particle physics and general relativity

NK Glendenning - 2012 - books.google.com
A whole decades research collated, organised and synthesised into one single book!
Following a 60-page review of the seminal treatises of Misner, Thorne, Wheeler and …

A unified equation of state of dense matter and neutron star structure

F Douchin, P Haensel - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2001 - aanda.org
An equation of state (EOS) of neutron star matter, describing both the neutron star crust and
the liquid core, is calculated. It is based on the effective nuclear interaction SLy of the …