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Description
We have entered the era of multi-messenger nuclear astrophysics; bringing together a host of astrophysical observations and nuclear experimental data to measure the properties of neutron star matter and the nuclear force in neutron-rich systems. In order to combine disparate data sets with meaningful uncertainty quantification, over the past decade statistical inference techniques employing ensembles of nuclear models have been increasingly employed. We will discuss recent attempts to combine nuclear experimental data and astrophysical observations to infer the properties of nuclear and neutron star matter, with an emphasis on the systematic uncertainties that arise. We illustrate the process with one particular example: inferring the nuclear symmetry energy and the material properties of the neutron star crust from potential observations of neutron star crust shattering during the inspiral phase of a binary neutron star merger.
