Published July 27, 1998 | Version v1
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Relativistic equation of state of nuclear matter for supernova and neutron star

Creators

  • 1. Dept. of Physics, Nankai Univ., TJ (China)
  • 2. Osaka Univ. (Japan). Research Center for Nuclear Physics
  • 3. The Inst. of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako, Saitama (Japan)
  • 4. Dept. of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya Univ., Nagoya (Japan)

Description

We construct the equation of state (EOS) of nuclear matter using the relativistic mean field (RMF) theory in the wide density, temperature range with various proton fractions for the use of supernova simulation and the neutron star calculations. We first construct the EOS of homogeneous nuclear matter. We use then the Thomas-Fermi approximation to describe inhomogeneous matter, where heavy nuclei are formed together with free nucleon gas. We discuss the results on free energy, pressure and entropy in the wide range of astrophysical interest. As an example, we apply the resulting EOS on the neutron star properties by using the Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
637
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 435-450
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
29054215
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ENTROPY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FERMI GAS; FREE ENERGY; MEAN-FIELD THEORY; NEUTRON DENSITY; NEUTRON STARS; NUCLEAR MATTER; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; PROTON DENSITY; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; REST MASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUPERNOVAE; THOMAS-FERMI MODEL
Descriptors DEC
BINARY STARS; DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY; ENERGY RANGE; EQUATIONS; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STARS; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VARIABLE STARS

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