Fragmentation in Gravitationally Unstable Collapsar Disks and Subsolar Neutron Star Mergers
Although stable neutron stars (NSs) can in principle exist down to masses M _ns ≈ 0.1 M _⊙ , standard models of stellar core-collapse predict a robust lower limit M _ns ≳ 1.2 M _⊙ , roughly commensurate with the Chandrasekhar mass M _Ch of the progenitor’s iron core (electron fraction Y _e ≈ 0.5). H...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2024-01-01
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| Series: | The Astrophysical Journal Letters |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad6990 |