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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 485, 期 4, 页码 5363-5376出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz654
关键词
dense matter; equation of state; stars: neutron
资金
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) [279384907 - SFB 1245]
- ERC [639217]
- National Science Foundation [PHY-1430152]
Understanding the dense matter equation of state at extreme conditions is an important open problem. Astrophysical observations of neutron stars promise to solve this, with Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer poised to make precision measurements of mass and radius for several stars using the waveform modelling technique. What has been less clear, however, is how these mass-radius measurements might translate into equation of state constraints and what are the associated equation of state sensitivities. We use Bayesian inference to explore and contrast the constraints that would result from different choices for the equation of state parametrization; comparing the well-established piecewise polytropic parametrization to one based on physically motivated assumptions for the speed of sound in dense matter. We also compare the constraints resulting from Bayesian inference to those from simple compatibility cuts. We find that the choice of equation of state parametrization and particularly its prior assumptions can have a significant effect on the inferred global mass-radius relation and the equation of state constraints. Our results point to important sensitivities when inferring neutron star and dense matter properties. This applies also to inferences from gravitational wave observations.
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