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QCD in the cores of neutron stars

Nuclear Theory 2022-08-08 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

I discuss why state-of-the art perturbative QCD calculations of the equation of state at large chemical potential that are reliable at asymptotically high densities constrain the same equation of state at neutron-star densities. I describe how these theoretical calculations affect the EOS at lower density. I argue that the ab-initio calculations in QCD offer significant information about the equation of state of the neutron-star matter, which is complementary to the current astrophysical observations.

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@article{arxiv.2208.03086,
  title  = {QCD in the cores of neutron stars},
  author = {Oleg Komoltsev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.03086},
  year   = {2022}
}

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