Speaker
Tyler Gorda
(TU Darmstadt)
Description
At asymptotically high densities, the neutron-star-matter equation of state (EOS) must approach the EOS of beta-equilibrated QCD matter, as calculated directly within the fundamental QCD theory. This nontrivial constraint at high density, pressure, and chemical potential impacts the inference of the neutron-star-matter EOS at even lower densities. In this talk, I show within a Bayesian approach how this constraint drives the densest matter in the cores of massive neutron stars towards thermodynamic properties consistent with quark matter, even after current astrophysical observations are included in the analysis.
Authors
Tyler Gorda
(TU Darmstadt)
Oleg Komoltsev
(University of Stavanger)
Aleksi Kurkela
(University of Stavanger)