Conveners
Neutron Stars: Matter at the Extremes
- Matteo Della Rocca (University of Pisa)
- Gregorio Paci (University of Pisa)
Neutron Stars: Matter at the Extremes
- Giuseppe Di Somma (University of Pisa)
- Lucia Papalini (University of Pisa)
I will review the recent developments in the construction of the Equation of State of hot and dense matter and its application to neutron stars observations, which have become recently a fundamental tool to constrain the properties of nuclear matter. I will discuss the main open questions in the nuclear many-body theory and its future perspectives.
We discuss recent calculations investigating the detailed impact of various "non-nucleonic" degrees of freedom in neutron star mergers. Pions are neglected in equation of state tables for merger simualtions but might actually occur in neutron star matter. We quantify their potential impact on the obseravbles of neutron star mergers. We describe a weak but potentially measurable signature of...
Binary neutron star mergers (BNSM) are cosmic collisions of compact
stars associated to powerful gravitational and electromagnetic
astronomical transients. Multimessenger observations of BNSMs promise
to deliver unprecedented insights on fundamental physics questions,
including constraints on dense matter models and the production of
heavy elements. Detailed theoretical predictions...
