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Neutron rich matter in heaven and on Earth

Nuclear Theory 2019-07-08 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

Despite a length-scale difference of 18 orders of magnitude, the internal structure of neutron stars and the spatial distribution of neutrons in atomic nuclei are profoundly connected.

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@article{arxiv.1907.02561,
  title  = {Neutron rich matter in heaven and on Earth},
  author = {J. Piekarewicz and F. J. Fattoyev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.02561},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Manuscript published in final form in Physics Today, July 2019, page 30