The extreme physics of neutron stars

中子星的极端物理

• 批准号: 293133-2006
• 负责人: Rutledge, Robert
• 金额: $ 2.91万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=395817
• 关键词: extreme; physics; neutron; stars

Neutron stars are the densest objects in the universe -- denser, even, than the center of atomic nuclei.  We cannot produce matter of such high density in terrestrial laboratories.    It is not surprising, therefore, that we do not understand the physics of particles at such high densities, even though such understanding is fundamentally required for us to have a complete theory of matter.   The thrust of the proposed research is, thus, to learn about dense matter and, in doing so, fundamental particle physics, by observing and studying the properties of neutron stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.  To accomplish this, we propose a program to discover and study neutron stars.

中子星是宇宙中密度最大的物体--甚至比原子核中心的密度还要大。我们无法在陆地实验室中产生如此高密度的物质。 因此，我们不理解如此高密度下的粒子物理并不奇怪，尽管这种理解是我们拥有完整的物质理论的基本要求。 因此，本研究的主旨是通过观测和研究银河系中中子星的性质，了解致密物质，并在此过程中了解基本粒子物理学。为此，我们提出了一个发现和研究中子星的计划。