Neutron stars and the nuclear equation of state

GF Burgio, HJ Schulze, I Vidaña, JB Wei - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
We review the current status and recent progress of microscopic many-body approaches
and phenomenological models, which are employed to construct the equation of state of …

Equations of state for supernovae and compact stars

M Oertel, M Hempel, T Klähn, S Typel - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
A review is given of various theoretical approaches for the equation of state (EoS) of dense
matter, relevant for the description of core-collapse supernovae, compact stars, and compact …

Approximate universal relations for neutron stars and quark stars

K Yagi, N Yunes - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
Neutron stars and quark stars are ideal laboratories to study fundamental physics at supra
nuclear densities and strong gravitational fields. Astrophysical observables, however …

Testing general relativity with present and future astrophysical observations

E Berti, E Barausse, V Cardoso… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
One century after its formulation, Einstein's general relativity (GR) has made remarkable
predictions and turned out to be compatible with all experimental tests. Most of these tests …

Neutrino-driven winds from neutron star merger remnants

A Perego, S Rosswog, RM Cabezón… - Monthly Notices of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We present a detailed, three-dimensional hydrodynamic study of the neutrino-driven winds
emerging from the remnant of a neutron star merger. Our simulations are performed with the …

Neutron star radii and crusts: Uncertainties and unified equations of state

M Fortin, C Providência, AR Raduta, F Gulminelli… - Physical Review C, 2016 - APS
The uncertainties in neutron star radii and crust properties due to our limited knowledge of
the equation of state are quantitatively analyzed. We first demonstrate the importance of a …

On the astrophysical robustness of the neutron star merger r-process

O Korobkin, S Rosswog, A Arcones… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
In this study we explore nucleosynthesis in the dynamic ejecta of compact binary mergers.
We are particularly interested in the question how sensitive the resulting abundance …

Electromagnetic evidence that SSS17a is the result of a binary neutron star merger

CD Kilpatrick, RJ Foley, D Kasen, A Murguia-Berthier… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Eleven hours after the detection of gravitational wave source GW170817 by the Laser
Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and Virgo Interferometers, an associated …

Black hole formation in failing core-collapse supernovae

E O'Connor, CD Ott - The Astrophysical Journal, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We present results of a systematic study of failing core-collapse supernovae and the
formation of stellar-mass black holes (BHs). Using our open-source general-relativistic 1.5 D …

I-Love-Q relations in neutron stars and their applications to astrophysics,<? format?> gravitational waves, and fundamental physics

K Yagi, N Yunes - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2013 - APS
The exterior gravitational field of a slowly rotating neutron star can be characterized by its
multipole moments, the first few being the neutron star mass, moment of inertia, and …