# Nonparametric inference of the neutron star equation of state from gravitational wave observations

@article{Landry2019NonparametricIO,
title={Nonparametric inference of the neutron star equation of state from gravitational wave observations},
author={Philippe Landry and Reed Essick},
journal={Physical Review D},
year={2019}
}
• Published 29 November 2018
• Physics
• Physical Review D
We develop a non-parametric method for inferring the universal neutron star (NS) equation of state (EOS) from gravitational wave (GW) observations. Many different possible realizations of the EOS are generated with a Gaussian process conditioned on a set of nuclear-theoretic models. These synthetic EOSs are causal and thermodynamically stable by construction, span a broad region of the pressure-density plane, and can be selected to satisfy astrophysical constraints on the NS mass. Associating…

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