Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1779977 New Astronomy Reviews 2010 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

This article summarizes recent progress which has been made in constraining the equation of state of nuclear matter at supra-nuclear densities by X-ray observations of neutron stars. The main conclusion is that the equation of state is rather stiff.

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X-ray observations of neutron stars and the equation of state at supra-nuclear densities
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