Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram and in the Multi-Messenger Era of Astronomy

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is dedicated to the conference: Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram VII: https://www.csi.cuny.edu/academics-and-research/conferences/csqcd-vii

The CSQCD VII conference brought together astrophysicists and nuclear physicists to discuss how the new multi-messenger era in astrophysics can serve to constrain the equation of state of the matter inside neutron stars and help to identify viable phases for the star's interior, its transport properties, and evolution. These proceedings feature articles reflecting a special forum held at the conference on the ways nuclear physicists and astrophysicists can work together to tackle the most challenging problems in the overlapping areas of neutron stars and dense QCD, and how these efforts may serve to inform and guide preparations for future multi-messenger observations.

This Special Issue covers the following main topics:

•  Equation of state and neutron star mergers
•  Phases of dense quark matter
•  External field effects on dense matter and neutron stars
•  Transport in dense QCD and neutron stars
•  Strangeness in compact stars
•  Supernovae and high energy astrophysics of neutron stars and binary mergers

Prof. Vivian de la Incera
Prof. Efrain Ferrer
Prof. Jim Lattimer
Prof. David Blaschke
Guest Editors

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