Constraining gravity with hadron physics: neutron stars, modified gravity and gravitational waves
Abstract
The finding of Gravitational Waves (GW) by the aLIGO scientific and VIRGO collaborations opens opportunities to better test and understand strong interactions, both nuclear-hadronic and gravitational. Assuming General Relativity holds, one can constrain hadron physics at a neutron star. But precise knowledge of the Equation of State and transport properties in hadron matter can also be used to constrain the theory of gravity itself. I review a couple of these opportunities in the context of modified f (R) gravity, the maximum mass of neutron stars, and progress in the Equation of State of neutron matter from the chiral effective field theory of QCD.
- Publication:
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European Physical Journal Web of Conferences
- Pub Date:
- March 2017
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1611.03851
- Bibcode:
- 2017EPJWC.13701013L
- Keywords:
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- Nuclear Theory;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
- E-Print:
- XIIth International Conference on Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum, Thessaloniki, August 28th to September 3d 2016. Proceedings of the plenary session. 14 pages, 14 plots. Version 2: references to earlier work updated