2006/12/15 by James M. Lattimer, Maddapa Prakash, Muthuramalingam Prakash · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Classical mechanics #Equation of state #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Gravitational wave #Kilonova #Moment of inertia #Neutrino #Neutron star #Nuclear matter #Nuclear physics #Nucleon #Nucleosynthesis #Physics #Pulsar #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Quantum mechanics #RADIUS #Supernova #X-ray binary #astro-ph #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2007.02.003
published as Phys.Rept.442:109-165,2007 · 70 pages, 19 figures, submitted to Hans Bethe Centennial Physics Reports
arxiv created 2006/12/15 · openalex publication_date 2007/02/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
We investigate how current and proposed observations of neutron stars can lead to an understanding of the state of their interiors and the key unknowns: the typical neutron star radius and the neutron star maximum mass. A theoretical analysis of neutron star structure, including general relativistic limits to mass, compactness, and spin rates is made. We consider observations made not only with photons, ranging from radio waves to X-rays, but also those involving neutrinos and gravity waves. We detail how precision determinations of structural properties would lead to significant restrictions on the poorly understood equation of state near and beyond the equilibrium density of nuclear matter.