| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 235, 2020
XLIX International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics (ISMD 2019)
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| Article Number | 07002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Cosmic Ray and Astroparticle Physics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023507002 | |
| Published online | 16 June 2020 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023507002
What can neutron stars reveal about the equation of state of dense matter?
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
★ e-mail: itews@lanl.gov
Published online: 16 June 2020
Neutron stars are astrophysical objects of extremes, reaching the highest densities we can observe in the cosmos, and probing matter under conditions that cannot be recreated in terrestrial experiments. In August 2017, the first neutron-star merger has been observed, which provided compelling evidence that these events are an important site for r-process nucleosynthesis. Furthermore, the gravitational-wave signal of such events might shed light upon the nature of strongly interacting matter in the neutron-star core. To understand these remarkable events, reliable nuclear physics input is essential. In this contribution, I explain how to use chiral effective field theory and advanced many-body methods to provide a consistent and systematic approach to strongly inter- acting systems from nuclei to neutron stars with controlled theoretical uncertainties. I will discuss recent results for the equation of state relevant for the nuclear astrophysics of neutron stars and neutron-star mergers.
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