Speaker
Grant Mathews
(University of Notre Dame)
Description
There are two dynamical environments in Nature for which the densest forms of nuclear matter can be formed. These are: 1) during the merger of two neutron stars to form a black hole or the merger of a neutron star and a black hole; and 2) during the collapse of the core of a massive star to form a supernova or a black hole. This talk will highlight recent progress toward exploring equation-of-state effects in these two astrophysical environments. In particular, the possibility the possibility to probe the non-perturbative regime of quark matter are discussed along with insight into the complex interplay between the nuclear equation of state and the dynamics of core collapse supernovae.
Primary author
Grant Mathews
(University of Notre Dame)
Co-authors
Dr
Atul Kedia
(North Carolina State University)
Dr
Hee Il Kim
(Sogang University)
Dr
In-Saeng Suh
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Dr
Luca Boccioli
(University of California, Berkeley)
Wei Sun
(University of Notre Dame)
