Eur. Phys. J. A (2014) 50: 11
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2014-14011-4

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Symmetry energy, neutron skin, and neutron star radius from chiral effective field theory interactions

¹ Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany
² ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291, Darmstadt, Germany

^* e-mail: kai.hebeler@physik.tu-darmstadt.de

Received: 23 January 2014
Revised: 28 January 2014
Accepted: 31 January 2014
Published online: 25 February 2014

Abstract

We discuss neutron matter calculations based on chiral effective field theory interactions and their predictions for the symmetry energy, the neutron skin of ²⁰⁸Pb , and for the radius of neutron stars.