This book summarizes the recent progress in the physics and astrophysics of neutron stars and, most importantly, it identifies and develops effective strategies to explore, both theoretically and observationally
The physics of neutron stars is a remarkable combination of Einstein’s theory of general relativity and nuclear physics. Their interiors harbour extreme matter that cannot be probed in the laboratory. At such high densities and pressures, their cores may consist predominantly of exotic matter, such...
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Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar AstrophysicsNuclear TheoryImplications of recently well-measured neutron star masses, particularly near and above 2 solar masses, for the equation of state (EOS) of neutron star matter are highlighted. Model-independent upper limits to thermodynamic properties in neutron...
von Weizsäcker, Hoyle, Gamow, and Suess and Urey provided a very basic understanding of the nucleosynthesis processes responsible for their production, combined with nuclear physics input and required environment conditions such as temperature, density and the overall neutron/proton ratio in seed mate...
The origin of heavy elements from iron to uranium in the universe is an important frontier direction for nuclear astrophysics. It is considered to be one of the 11 greatest unanswered questions of physics in this century. The neutron capture reaction can overcome the Coulomb barrier and is the ...
“Neutron stars before the merger are effectively cold, while they may be billions of degrees Kelvin, their incredible density means that this heat contributes very little to the energy of the system,” said David Radice, assistant professor of physics and of astronomy and astrophysics in the Ebe...
Emission properties of compact astrophysical objects such as Neutron stars (NSs) are associated with crucial astronomical observables. In the current work,
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