Detailed examination of astrophysical constraints on the symmetry energy and the neutron skin of Pb208 with minimal modeling assumptions

Reed Essick,1, 2, ∗ Philippe Landry,3, † Achim Schwenk,4, 5, 6, ‡ and Ingo Tews7, § Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 2Y5 Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Nicholas & Lee Begovich Center for Gravitational-Wave Physics & Astronomy, California State University, Fullerton, 800 N State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92831 Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Physics, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA