https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00058-3
Regular Article –Theoretical Physics
Are nuclear matter properties correlated to neutron star observables?
1
INFN Sezione di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, Via S. Sofia 64, 95123, Catania, Italy
2
Institute of Modern Physics, Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People’s Republic of China
* e-mail: fiorella.burgio@ct.infn.it
Received:
3
October
2019
Accepted:
18
December
2019
Published online:
19
February
2020
We investigate properties of nuclear matter and examine possible correlations with neutron star observables for a set of microscopic nuclear equations of state derived within the Brueckner–Hartree–Fock formalism employing compatible three-body forces. We find good candidates for a realistic nuclear EOS up to high density and confirm strong correlations between neutron star radius, tidal deformability, and the pressure of betastable matter. No correlations are found with the saturation properties of nuclear matter.
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