Norway, Feb. 6 -- Project Id: 124355
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Searching among 'spiders' for the most massive neutron stars
Compact binary millisecond pulsars (CBMSPs) are a growing population of rapidly spinning neutron stars, called 'spiders', which allow the search for the most massive ones. Finding supermassive neutron stars would have profound implications for nuclear physics and significant consequences for the fate of supernovae and the gravitational wave signal from neutron star mergers. Spiders offer a unique probe of the pulsar's innermost wind and a nearby site for particle acceleration. In addition, recent discoveries allow studying fundamental astrophysical phenomena from CBMSPs. The EU-funded LOVE NEST project intend...