Department of Physics

Discovery of a massive neutron star

May 25, 2018

Researchers from the UPC and the IAC discover one of the most massive neutron stars

Discovery of a massive neutron star
The massive pulsar in the binary system PSR J2215+5135

Using a pioneering method, researchers from the Astronomy and Astrophysics Group of the UPC and the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) have found a neutron star of about 2.3 Solar masses—one of the most massive ever detected. The study was published on the 23rd of May in The Astrophysical Journal and opens a new path of knowledge in many fields of astrophysics and nuclear physics.