Published October 1, 1977 | Version v1
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Very massive neutron stars in Ni's theory of gravity

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle

Description

It is shown that in Ni's theory of gravity, which is identical to general relativity in the post-Newtonian limit, neutron stars of arbitrarily large mass are possible. This result is independent, within reasonable bounds, of the equation of state of matter at supernuclear densities

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1086/155575;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
The Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
217
Journal Issue
1
Series
Astrophys. J.
Journal Page Range
248
ISSN
0004-637X

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
9364383
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
EQUATIONS OF STATE; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATION; NEUTRON STARS; NEUTRONS; STAR MODELS
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; HADRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEONS; STARS

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