# An Upper Bound on Neutron Star Masses from Models of Short Gamma-ray Bursts

@article{Lawrence2015AnUB,
title={An Upper Bound on Neutron Star Masses from Models of Short Gamma-ray Bursts},
author={Scott Lawrence and Justin Tervala and Paulo Bedaque and M. Coleman Miller},
journal={arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena},
year={2015}
}
• S. Lawrence, +1 author M. Miller
• Published 1 May 2015
• Physics
• arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
The discovery of two neutron stars with gravitational masses $\approx 2~M_\odot$ has placed a strong lower limit on the maximum mass of nonrotating neutron stars, and with it a strong constraint on the properties of cold matter beyond nuclear density. Current upper mass limits are much looser. Here we note that, if most short gamma-ray bursts are produced by the coalescence of two neutron stars, and if the merger remnant collapses quickly, then the upper mass limit is constrained tightly. If… Expand

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