PSO group supports workshop at the European Centre for Theoretical Studies (ECT*), Trento, Italy

The PSO group at HITS supports the workshop “Bridging nuclear and gravitational physics: the dense matter equation of state”, which is hold at the European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*), Trento, Italy, from 5-9 June, 2017. After the revolutionary detection of gravitational waves from black-hole mergers, the community awaits the first measurement of neutron-star mergers. These events are of great interest for nuclear physics, since the detailed dynamics can teach us about the fundamental interactions and fundamental constituents of matter at very high density, which is only partially known. Any progress in understanding fundamental physics from astrophysical observations crucially relies on the interaction between the nuclear physics community and researchers in gravitational physics and astrophysics.  Thus, the workshop, which is co-organized by PSO member Andreas Bauswein, aims to foster collaboration between nuclear physics and gravitational physics.