Finite-nucleus-protected high-density extension of covariant density functionals constrained by multimessenger data
Abstract
We construct a finite-nucleus-protected high-density extension of covariant density functionals by modifying only the isoscalar-vector channel outside the finite-nucleus calibration domain. The extension introduces three parameters controlling the strength, onset, and width of the high-density deformation, while the scalar and isovector channels are kept unchanged. A Bayesian analysis using heavy-ion flow constraints, massive-pulsar information, NICER mass-radius measurements, and the GW170817 tidal constraint shows that the original \ddme interaction is strongly disfavored relative to its protected high-density extension, with , where denotes the Bayesian evidence, after imposing a causal/stability filter on the reshaped EOS. In contrast, \ddpc serves as a reference functional for which the same extension is not required by the present data, giving . The result supports the interpretation that the proposed extension is not an unconstrained phenomenological patch: Bayesian evidence selects it only when demanded by the combined high-density data, while finite-nucleus observables remain unchanged within numerical precision.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2607.16683,
title = {Finite-nucleus-protected high-density extension of covariant density functionals constrained by multimessenger data},
author = {Wen-Jie Xie and Jun-Hua Guo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.16683},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
11 pages,7 figures