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

Authors:
 [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)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1265810
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1180490; OSTI ID: 1409749
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-14-21809
Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813; PRVCAN; KB0301020; ERKBP05
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; FG02-00ER41132; AC02-05CH11231; AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 91; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Steiner, A. W., Gandolfi, S., Fattoyev, F. J., and Newton, W. G. Using neutron star observations to determine crust thicknesses, moments of inertia, and tidal deformabilities. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.91.015804.
Steiner, A. W., Gandolfi, S., Fattoyev, F. J., & Newton, W. G. Using neutron star observations to determine crust thicknesses, moments of inertia, and tidal deformabilities. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.91.015804
Steiner, A. W., Gandolfi, S., Fattoyev, F. J., and Newton, W. G. Tue . "Using neutron star observations to determine crust thicknesses, moments of inertia, and tidal deformabilities". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.91.015804. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1265810.
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