Equation of State Constraints from Nuclear Physics, Neutron Star Masses, and Future Moment of Inertia Measurements

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We explore constraints on the equation of state (EOS) of neutron-rich matter based on microscopic calculations up to nuclear densities and observations of neutron stars. In a previous work we showed that predictions based on modern nuclear interactions derived within chiral effective field theory and the observation of two-solar-mass neutron stars result in a robust uncertainty range for neutron star radii and the EOS over a wide range of densities. In this work we extend this study, employing both the piecewise polytrope extension from Hebeler et al. as well as the speed of sound model of Greif et al., and show that moment of inertia measurements of neutron stars can significantly improve the constraints on the EOS and neutron star radii.

Original languageEnglish
Article number155
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume901
Issue number2
Number of pages9
ISSN0004-637X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2020

    Research areas

  • Neutron stars, Nuclear astrophysics, ROTATING RELATIVISTIC STARS, MATTER, FORCES

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