Speaker
James Lattimer
(Stony Brook University)
Description
Neutron stars are the ultimate probe of dense matter physics under cold conditions not achievable in the laboratory. They represent extremes in terms of density, pressure, temperature, magnetic field and spin rate. The lecture will describe the interior structure of neutron stars and establish general limits to their properties from causality, general relativity and nuclear physics. It will also explore how observations of neutron stars in radio, optical, X-ray, gamma-rays and gravitational waves have set constraints that have dramatic implications for nuclear physics.
Primary author
James Lattimer
(Stony Brook University)
