Putting Neutron Stars On A New Scale: The Underlying Mass Distribution of Pulsars from Radio Observations

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Jan 2010

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #300.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.296

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The interpretation of the possible range of masses a neutron star can attain has been a topic of great interest, and debate, among astronomers as well as physicists since it was theoretically predicted to be about 1.4 solar masses in the early 1930s. While the number of precise pulsar mass measurements from which we can extract this information still constitutes only the tip of the iceberg, we now have robust tools at our disposal to make rigorous predictions about the underlying comprehensive neutron star mass distribution. Here, we will present the range of masses at which we can expect neutron stars to form and thereafter continue to support before it collapses into a black hole. We will elaborate on the signatures of different evolutionary histories and physical processes on the plausible mass range and briefly discuss the tools we developed to make these assessments. Finally, we will point to the ensuing broad range of ramifications.

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