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Revista mexicana de física
Print version ISSN 0035-001X
Abstract
PIEKAREWICZ, J. The nuclear physics of neutron stars. Rev. mex. fis. [online]. 2008, vol.54, suppl.3, pp.104-109. ISSN 0035-001X.
A remarkable fact about spherically-symmetric neutron stars in hydrostatic equilibrium - the so-called Schwarzschild stars - is that the only physics that they are sensitive to is the equation of state of neutron-rich matter. As such, neutron stars provide a myriad of observables that may be used to constrain poorly known aspects of the nuclear interaction under extreme conditions of density. After discussing many of the fascinating phases encountered in neutron stars, I will address how powerful theoretical, experimental, and observational constraints may be used to place stringent limits on the equation of state of neutron-rich matter.
Keywords : Nuclear matter; neutron stars; effective interactions.