A Record-Breaking Neutron Star

With 2.14 solar masses, PSR J0740+6620 is the most massive neutron star so far discovered. Its mass was determined thanks to a relativistic phenomenon called Shapiro delay. This discovery has profound implications for the equations of state that describe the internal…

Michele Diodati

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Apr 6, 2020

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