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Title: Using neutron star observations to determine crust thicknesses, moments of inertia, and tidal deformabilities

Journal Article · · Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. Texas A & M Univ., Commerce, TX (United States); Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
  4. Texas A & M Univ., Commerce, TX (United States)

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; FG02-00ER41132; AC02-05CH11231; AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1265810
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1180490; OSTI ID: 1409749
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-14-21809; PRVCAN; KB0301020; ERKBP05
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 91, Issue 1; ISSN 0556-2813
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 84 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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The Neutron Star Mass-Radius Relation and the Equation of State of Dense Matter text January 2012
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Crustal Entrainment and Pulsar Glitches text January 2012
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Pulsar Glitches: The Crust may be Enough text January 2014
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Constraining the Equation of State with Moment of Inertia Measurements text January 2004
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