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    Physicists set Limits on Size of Neutron Stars

    June 29, 2018, Categories  Astronomy/Space, Physics

    Range of the size for a typical neutron star compared to the city of Frankfurt. Credit: Lukas Weih, Goethe University, satellite image: GeoBasis-DE/BKG (2009) Google

    Range of the size for a typical neutron star compared to the city of Frankfurt. Credit: Lukas Weih, Goethe University, satellite image: GeoBasis-DE/BKG (2009) Google

    Comparison of billions of theoretical models with gravitational waves results in the answer to an old riddle. How large is a neutron star? Previous estimates varied from eight to sixteen kilometres. Astrophysicists at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the FIAS have now succeeded in determining the size of neutron stars to within 1.5 kilometres by using an elaborate statistical approach supported by data from the measurement of gravitational waves. The researchers’ report appears in the current issue of Physical Review Letters.

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