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NEED FOR EXTRAPOLATION. “Any observations of neutron stars bearing on the properties of high-density matter must be put into the context of existing nuclear theory. This theory, which relies primarily on laboratory measurements of matter at nuclear density that has approximately equal numbers of protons and neutrons, must be extrapolated significantly to the asymmetric matter at far higher density in the cores of neutron stars. We also note that the inferred macroscopic properties of neutron stars depend on the nature of strong gravity as well as on the properties of dense matter.”

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-62110-3_1

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