Towards understanding astrophysical effects of nuclear symmetry energy
By Bao-An Li, P. Krastev, Dehua Wen, Nai-Bo Zhang. European Physical Journal A, 2019
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Abstract.Determining the Equation of State (EOS) of dense neutron-rich nuclear matter is a shared goal of both nuclear physics and astrophysics. Except possible phase transitions, the density dependence of nuclear symmetry $ E_{{\rm sym}}(\rho)$E sym (ρ) is the most uncertain part of the EOS of neutron-rich nucleonic matter especially at supra-saturation densities. Much progresses have been made in recent years in predicting the symmetry energy and understanding why it is still very uncertain using various microscopic nuclear many-body theories and phenomenological models. Simultaneously, significant progresses have also been made in probing the symmetry energy in both terrestrial nuclear laboratories and astrophysical observatories. In light of the GW170817 event as well as ongoing or planned nuclear experiments and astrophysical observations probing the EOS of dense neutron-rich matter, we review recent progresses and identify new challenges to the best knowledge we have on several selected topics critical for understanding astrophysical effects of the nuclear symmetry energy.
Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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- Progress in Constraining Nuclear Symmetry Energy Using Neutron Star Observables Since GW170817 (2021, background): “Their correlations have significant effects on a number of neutron star properties [11].”