Novel Concepts of Nuclear Physics in a Neutron Star Environment

Abstract

Neutron stars are like nuclear physics laboratories, providing a unique opportunity to apply and search for new physics. In that spirit, we explored novel concepts of nuclear physics studied in a neutron star environment. Firstly, we investigated the reported 17 MeV boson, which has been proposed as an explanation to the 8Be, 4He and 12C anomaly, in the context of its possible influence on the neutron star structure, defining a universal Equation of State. Next, we investigated the synthesis of hyper-heavy elements under conditions simulating the neutron star environment.

Keywords

• X17
• EoS
• CoMD
• hyper-heavy nuclei
• neutron star