arXiv:0808.1279·v2·Astrophysics
Constraints on the High-Density Nuclear Equation of State from Neutron Star Observables
David Blaschke (Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Wroclaw, Poland & Bogoliubov Laboratory for Theoretical Physics, JINR, Dubna, Russia) · Thomas Klaehn (Physics Division, ANL, Argonne, Illinois, USA) · Fridolin Weber (Department of Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA)
Abstract
Depending on the density reached in the cores of neutron stars, such objects may contain stable phases of novel matter found nowhere else in the Universe. This article gives a brief overview of these phases of matter and discusses astrophysical constraints on the high-density equation of state associated with ultra-dense nuclear matter.
Comments: 16 pages, 11 figures, Contribution to Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Astronomy and Relativistic Astrophysics (IWARA), 3-6 October 2007, Joao Pessoa, Brazil