Nuclear matter and its role in supernovae, neutron stars and compact object binary mergers

摘要: Abstract The equation of state (EOS) dense matter plays an important role in the supernova phenomenon, structure neutron stars, and mergers compact objects (neutron stars black holes). During collapse phase a supernova, EOS at subnuclear densities controls rate, amount deleptonization thus size collapsing core bounce density. Properties nuclear that are especially crucial symmetry energy specific heat. incompressibility, supernuclear EOS, play supporting roles. In similar way, although maximum masses entirely dependent upon other structural aspects more sensitive to densities. radii, moments inertia, relative binding energies are, particular, behavior energy. dependence radius star on its mass is shown critically influence outcome merger two or with small hole. This latter topic relevant this volume, since it stems from research prompted by tutoring David Schramm quarter century ago.