Abstract
We present the first astrophysical measurement of the pressure of cold matter above nuclear saturation density, based on recently determined masses and radii of three neutron stars. The pressure at higher densities is below the predictions of equations of state that account only for nucleonic degrees of freedom, and thus present a challenge to the microscopic theory of neutron star matter.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 101301 |
| Journal | Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| State | Published - Nov 11 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)