Fundamental physics with neutron stars

Understand

Neutron stars are rich laboratories of multiple branches of modern physics.

• These include gravitational physics, nuclear and particle physics, (quantum) electrodynamics, and plasma astrophysics.
• In this chapter, we present the pioneering theoretical studies and the pivotal historical observations on which our understanding of neutron stars is based on.
• Then, we discuss the usage of neutron stars as probes of fundamental theories of physics.