On the Maximum Mass of Neutron Stars
Abstract
One of the most intriguing questions about neutron stars concerns their maximum mass. The answer is intimately related to the properties of matter at densities far beyond that found in heavy atomic nuclei. The current view on the internal constitution of neutron stars and on their maximum mass, both from theoretical and observational studies, are briefly reviewed.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Modern Physics E
- Pub Date:
- July 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1142/S021830131330018X
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1307.3995
- Bibcode:
- 2013IJMPE..2230018C
- Keywords:
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- Neutron stars;
- maximum mass;
- equation of state;
- dense matter;
- 04.40.Dg;
- 26.60.Kp;
- 97.10.Nf;
- 97.60.Jd;
- Relativistic stars: structure stability and oscillations;
- Equations of state of neutron-star matter;
- Masses;
- Neutron stars;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Nuclear Theory
- E-Print:
- 25 pages, 4 figures