Nuclear and Neutron Star Radii
Nuclear Theory
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We investigate the correlation between nuclear neutron radii and the radius of neutron stars. We use a well-established hadronic SU(3) model based on chiral symmetry that naturally includes non-linear vector meson and scalar meson - vector meson couplings. The relative strengths of the couplings modify the nuclear isospin-dependent interactions. We study the dependence of nuclear and neutron star radii on the coupling strengths. The relevance of the results for parity-violating electron-nucleus scattering and the URCA process in neutron stars is discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0210053,
title = {Nuclear and Neutron Star Radii},
author = {S. Schramm},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0210053},
year = {2009}
}