Unified description of dense matter in neutron stars and magnetars
Abstract
We have recently developed a set of equations of state based on the nuclear energy density functional theory providing a unified description of the different regions constituting the interior of neutron stars and magnetars. The nuclear functionals, which were constructed from generalized Skyrme effective nucleon-nucleon interactions, yield not only an excellent fit to essentially all experimental atomic mass data but were also constrained to reproduce the neutron-matter equation of state as obtained from realistic many-body calculations.
- Publication:
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Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Challenges and Opportunities after 80 years
- Pub Date:
- March 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921312024118
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1301.2438
- Bibcode:
- 2013IAUS..291..359C
- Keywords:
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- stars: neutron;
- dense matter;
- equation of state;
- gravitation;
- magnetic fields;
- stars: interiors;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Nuclear Theory
- E-Print:
- Proceedings of IAUS 291 "Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Challenges and Opportunities after 80 years", J. van Leeuwen (ed.)