Relativistic Matter Under Extreme Conditions

致密恒星是提供极高密度和强磁场的天然实验室。在这类恒星的内部，可能存在几种类型的奇异物质。这种物质的性质和物理性质并不总是被很好地理解。这个项目的目的是确定恒星物质的性质，这些性质可以定性地影响观测数据，从而从这些数据中推断出来。从长远来看，这项研究与其他理论和观测方法相结合，应该为可能发现新形式的恒星物质铺平道路。关于恒星物质的一般见解，以及使用的方法和技术，也可以用于石墨烯和冷原子囚禁气体的研究，这两者都可能影响未来的技术。该项目的一个重要组成部分将是培养研究生，让他们参与理论核物理的现代研究。这与亚利桑那州立大学理工学院的广泛使命是一致的，即通过以项目为导向和以问题为基础的学习，提供自然和物理科学、数学和工程方面的优秀课程。

Compact stars are natural laboratories that provide extreme densities and strong magnetic fields. In inner parts of such stars, several types of exotic matter can exist. The nature and the physical properties of such matter are not always well understood. This project aims at determining the properties of stellar matter that can affect the observational data in a qualitative way and, therefore, be inferred from such data. In the long term, this study in combination with other theoretical and observational approaches should pave the way to the possible discovery of new forms of stellar matter. The general insights regarding stellar matter, as well as the methods and techniques used, can also be utilized in studies of graphene and trapped gases of cold atoms, both of which are likely to affect future technologies.One of the important components of the project will be training of graduate students by involving them into a modern research in theoretical nuclear physics. This is in line with the broad mission of the Arizona State University Polytechnic, which is to provide excellent programs in natural and physical sciences, mathematics and engineering through project oriented and problem based learning.