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
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.
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