A Bayesian Analysis on Neutron Stars within Relativistic Mean Field Models
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Model and Data Set
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Priors | Range | K (MeV) | () | S (MeV) | (MeV) | |
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Marg_unif | Min | 219 | ||||
Max | 355 | |||||
Marg_Gauss | Mean | 268 | ||||
34 |
Models | K (MeV) | (fm) | S (MeV) | (MeV) | L (MeV) | |
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Char, P.; Traversi, S.; Pagliara, G. A Bayesian Analysis on Neutron Stars within Relativistic Mean Field Models. Particles 2020, 3, 621-629. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/particles3030040
Char P, Traversi S, Pagliara G. A Bayesian Analysis on Neutron Stars within Relativistic Mean Field Models. Particles. 2020; 3(3):621-629. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/particles3030040
Chicago/Turabian StyleChar, Prasanta, Silvia Traversi, and Giuseppe Pagliara. 2020. "A Bayesian Analysis on Neutron Stars within Relativistic Mean Field Models" Particles 3, no. 3: 621-629. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/particles3030040