Equation 13 · Part 1 · A Neutron Star Is a Redshift Standard
Symbol M
What this part means
M is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Its job in the formula
M is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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The passage around this formula
Before NICER, there was no way to get M and R for a bursting neutron star independent of a spectral line, so the line had to carry the whole inference: assume an identification, extract a redshift, and only then estimate the equation of state consistent with that redshift and some other mass constraint. That order of operations has a…
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Sources cited in the article section
- [13] MICROSCOPE Mission: Final Results of the Test of the Equivalence Principle ↗
- [11] Equivalence Principle Violations and Couplings of a Light Dilaton ↗
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