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A microscopic study of neutron stars’ structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

I. Bombaci
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, and INFN Sez. di Pisa, via Buonarroti, 2, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
M. Baldo
Affiliation:
INFN Sez. di Catania, corso Italia, 57, I-95129 Catania, Italy
G.F. Burgio
Affiliation:
INFN Sez. di Catania, corso Italia, 57, I-95129 Catania, Italy

Abstract

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Starting from the nuclear interactions which are used to calculate the properties of atomic nuclei, we derive a new equation of state (EOS) for neutron star matter. With this realistic EOS, we calculate the structure of non-rotating neutron stars.

Type
Part 9. Population and Neutron Star Properties
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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