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18-05-2010
Today´s colloquium: Measuring the masses of millisecond pulsars: new constraints on the equation of state (Paulo Freire, Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy)
| Submitter: | Valeriu Tudose |
| Description: | A neutron star can be described as a single giant atomic nucleus with a radius of about 10-16 km and about 500 000 times the Earth's mass. The central densities of these astounding objects are several hundred million tons per cubic centimeter. This density is so large that the composition and behavior of matter at the center of a neutron star is still a mystery: there are many different predictions for the state of matter there. Recent measurements of neutron star masses are now eliminating some of these predictions. We describe these and point to possible future advances in understanding the behavior of neutron matter. |
| Copyright: | Dany Page, Instituto de astronomia, UNAM |
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