TY - JOUR
T1 - Constraining the Nuclear Symmetry Energy with Multimessenger Resonant Shattering Flares
AU - Neill, Duncan
AU - Preston, Rebecca
AU - Newton, William G.
AU - Tsang, David
N1 - Funding Information:
D. N. is supported by a University Research Studentship Allowance from the University of Bath. W. G. N. and R. P. are supported by the NASA Grant No. 80NSSC18K1019, and the NSF Grant No. 2050099. Software: emcee , skyrme_rpa .
PY - 2023/3/17
Y1 - 2023/3/17
N2 - Much effort is devoted to measuring the nuclear symmetry energy through neutron star (NS) and nuclear observables. Since matter in the NS core may be nonhadronic, observables like radii and tidal deformability may not provide reliable constraints on properties of nucleonic matter. By performing the first consistent inference using ensembles of core and crust equations of state from astrophysical and nuclear data, we demonstrate that coincident timing of a resonant shattering flare (RSF) and gravitational wave signal during binary NS inspiral probes the crust-core transition region and provides constraints on the symmetry energy comparable to terrestrial nuclear experiments. We show that nuclear masses, RSFs, and measurements of NS radii and tidal deformabilities constrain different density ranges of the equation of state, providing complementary probes.
AB - Much effort is devoted to measuring the nuclear symmetry energy through neutron star (NS) and nuclear observables. Since matter in the NS core may be nonhadronic, observables like radii and tidal deformability may not provide reliable constraints on properties of nucleonic matter. By performing the first consistent inference using ensembles of core and crust equations of state from astrophysical and nuclear data, we demonstrate that coincident timing of a resonant shattering flare (RSF) and gravitational wave signal during binary NS inspiral probes the crust-core transition region and provides constraints on the symmetry energy comparable to terrestrial nuclear experiments. We show that nuclear masses, RSFs, and measurements of NS radii and tidal deformabilities constrain different density ranges of the equation of state, providing complementary probes.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.112701
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.112701
M3 - Article
C2 - 37001080
AN - SCOPUS:85151360109
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 130
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 11
M1 - 112701
ER -