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Pulsars as a probe for the nuclear and quark matter equation of state

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Maximum central density <strong>of</strong> a compact stars<br />

– p.17<br />

(Lattimer <strong>and</strong> Prak<strong>as</strong>h 2011)<br />

maximally compact EoS: p = s(ǫ−ǫ c ) with s = 1<br />

stiffest possible EoS (Zeldovich 1961)<br />

gives upper limit on compact star m<strong>as</strong>s: M max = 4.2M ⊙ (ǫ sat. /ǫ f ) 1/2<br />

(Rhoades <strong>and</strong> Ruffini 1974, Hartle 1978, Kalogera <strong>and</strong> Baym 1996, Akmal, P<strong>and</strong>harip<strong>and</strong>e,<br />

Ravenhall 1998)

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