Nuclear Physics and Multimessenger Astrophysics
A special issue of Universe (ISSN 2218-1997). This special issue belongs to the section "High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 14907
Special Issue Editors
2. Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), D-02826 Görlitz, Germany
3. Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), D-01328 Dresden, Germany
Interests: quantum field theory at finite temperature; dense hadronic matter and QCD phase transitions; quark matter in heavy-ion collisions, compact stars, their mergers, and supernova explosions; pair production in strong fields
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Interests: neutron stars; strongly interacting matter
Interests: relativistic nuclear many-body problem; quantum field theory; nuclear astrophysics
2. Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, Dubna, Russia
Interests: hadron structure; hadron resonances; particle production in heavy-ion collisions; In-medium effects; nuclear equation of state; neutron star physics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is based on selected contributions to the International Workshop "Infinite and Finite Nuclear Matter" (INFINUM-2020). However, it is also open to other contributions on this topic. The goal of INFINUM-2020 is to bring together researchers studying various aspects of the physics of atomic nuclei and neutron star physics, stimulating the interaction between the two communities. In the new era of multimessenger astronomy opened by the detection of gravitational waves (GWs) from a binary neutron star merger and its electromagnetic counterpart, the gamma-ray burst and the associated kilonova, it is extremely important to understand the interplay between the strong interaction in the dense medium and GW observables.
Nuclear matter, as an extrapolation of finite nuclei to an infinite particle number, is a product of the same strong interaction, but free of the surface effects that play an essential role in atomic nuclei. Understanding nuclear matter in its various phases, including deconfined quark matter phases, is crucial for the description of neutron stars. The neutron star interiors, spanning over a wide range of densities, represent an excellent playground for studying the fundamental forces of nature under extreme conditions, which cannot be reproduced on Earth.
Studies of atomic nuclei play a central role in our understanding of the fundamental forces of nature and the emergent phenomena occurring at various physical scales. Nuclear experiments can test the standard model of particle physics via weak interaction processes, search for new physics, and study fundamental symmetries. Nuclear structure, decays, and nuclear reactions determine the origin of elements produced in neutron star mergers and star evolution.
Prof. Dr. David Blaschke
Dr. Konstantin Maslov
Prof. Dr. Elena Litvinova
Dr. Evgeni Kolomeitsev
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- neutron stars
- gravitational waves
- strongly interacting matter
- equation of state of nuclear matter
- nuclear physics
- properties of atomic nuclei
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