logo Master en Física Nuclear y de Partículas y sus aplicaciones
Astrofísica Nuclear 		 curso
2014/2015
 
 Topic 12:  Constraining the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy from an x-ray bursting neutron star

             Neutrons stars lighter than the Sun are basically composed of nuclear matter of density up to around twice normal nuclear density. Simultaneous
             observations of masses and radii of such neutron stars can constrain η ≡ (K0 L2 )1/3 , a combination of the incompressibility of symmetric
             nuclear matter K0 and the density derivative of the nuclear symmetry energy L that characterizes the theoretical mass-radius relation.





            Guideline

            1. Motivation: stelar scenarios, role of the EOS in the description of neutron stars.

             2. Description of the methodology.

             3. Discussion of the results.
 

            Bibliography

             - H. Sotani et al., Phys. Rev. C 91, 015805 (2015)