Speaker
Dr
Manuel Linares
(UPC & IEEC)
Description
The maximum mass of a neutron star has important implications across multiple research fields, including astrophysics, nuclear physics and gravitational wave astronomy. Compact binary millisecond pulsars are key to constraining such maximum mass observationally. Applying a new method to measure the velocity of both sides of the companion star, we previously found that the compact binary millisecond pulsar PSR J2215+5135 hosts one of the most massive neutron stars known to date,
with a mass of 2.27+/-0.16 Msun. Here I will review the neutron star mass distribution in light of this and more recent discoveries, focusing on super-massive neutron stars with masses above 2 Msun.
Primary author
Dr
Manuel Linares
(UPC & IEEC)
