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A central open problem in nuclear physics is the determination of a physically robust equation of state (EoS) for dense nuclear matter, which directly informs our understanding of the internal composition and macroscopic properties of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-12-08 I. Stergakis , Th. Diakonidis , Ch. C. Moustakidis

Implications of recently well-measured neutron star masses, particularly near and above 2 solar masses, for the equation of state (EOS) of neutron star matter are highlighted. Model-independent upper limits to thermodynamic properties in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-02 Madappa Prakash

The uncertainties in neutron star (NS) radii and crust properties due to our limited knowledge of the equation of state (EOS) are quantitatively analysed. We first demonstrate the importance of a unified microscopic description for the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 M. Fortin , C. Providencia , A. R. Raduta , F. Gulminelli , J. L Zdunik , P. Haensel , M. Bejger

Highly compressed nuclear matter created in relativistic heavy collisions is to large extent governed by local non-equilibrium. As an idealized scenario colliding nuclear matter configurations are studied within both, relativistic mean…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Fuchs , T. Gaitanos

A new scheme for testing nuclear matter equations of state (EsoS) at high densities using constraints from neutron star phenomenology and a flow data analysis of heavy-ion collisions is suggested. An acceptable EoS shall not allow the…

Heavy Ion Collisions (HIC) represent a unique tool to probe the in-medium nuclear interaction in regions away from saturation and at high nucleon momenta. In this report we present a selection of reaction observables particularly sensitive…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Di Toro , V. Baran , M. Colonna , G. Ferini , T. Gaitanos , V. Greco , J. Rizzo , H. H. Wolter

We construct posterior distributions of the equation of state (EoS) for matter beyond the inner crust of neutron stars by incorporating finite nuclei (FN) constraints within relativistic mean field models. These constraints are implemented…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-01-21 Anagh Venneti , Sarmistha Banik , Bijay K Agrawal

The symmetry energy contribution to the nuclear Equation of State (EoS) impacts various phenomena in nuclear astrophysics, nuclear structure, and nuclear reactions. Its determination is a key objective of contemporary nuclear physics with…

We study the effects of very strong magnetic fields on the equation of state (EOS) in multicomponent, interacting matter by developing a covariant description for the inclusion of the anomalous magnetic moments of nucleons. For the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Broderick , M. Prakash , J. M. Lattimer

Background: Constraining the nuclear matter equation of state (EoS) from neutron star observations is one of the main subjects in nuclear physics today. In general, neutron stars rotate rapidly and structure of neutron stars can be…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-07-15 Hyukjin Kwon , Kazuyuki Sekizawa

We give an overview about equations of state (EOS) which are currently available for simulations of core-collapse supernovae and neutron star mergers. A few selected important aspects of the EOS, such as the symmetry energy, the maximum…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-03-29 Matthias Hempel , Micaela Oertel , Stefan Typel , Thomas Klähn

Recently there have been important developments in the determination of neutron star masses which put severe constraints on the composition and equation of state (EOS) of the neutron star matter. Here we study the effect of quark and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Ashok Goyal

We generate a second equation of state (EOS) of nuclear matter for a wide range of temperatures, densities, and proton fractions for use in supernovae, neutron star mergers, and black hole formation simulations. We employ full relativistic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-08 G. Shen , C. J. Horowitz , E. O'Connor

Effects of the momentum-dependence of the symmetry potential in nuclear reactions induced by neutron-rich nuclei at RIA energies are studied using an isospin- and momentum-dependent transport model. It is found that symmetry potentials with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Bao-An Li , Champak B. Das , Subal Das Gupta , Charles Gale

In nuclear collisions induced by stable or radioactive neutron-rich nuclei a transient state of nuclear matter with an appreciable isospin asymmetry as well as thermal and compressional excitation can be created. This offers the possibility…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Bao-An Li , Che Ming Ko , Wolfgang Bauer

Nuclear systems under constraints, with high degrees of symmetries and/or collectivities may be considered as moving effectively in spaces with reduced spatial dimensions. We first derive analytical expressions for the nucleon specific…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-08-15 Bao-Jun Cai , Bao-An Li

The density dependencies of various effective interaction strengths in the relativistic mean field are studied and carefully compared for nuclear matter and neutron stars. The influences of different density dependencies are presented and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 S. F. Ban , J. Li , S. Q. Zhang , H. Y. Jia , J. P. Sang , J. Meng

Large-angle elastic scattering of alpha-particle and strongly-bound light nuclei at a few tens MeV/nucleon has shown the pattern of rainbow scattering. This interesting process was shown to involve a significant overlap of the two colliding…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Dao T. Khoa , W. von Oertzen , H. G. Bohlen , H. S. Than

The Equation of State (EoS) of dense matter represents a central issue in the study of compact astrophysical objects and heavy ion reactions at intermediate and relativistic energies. We have derived a nuclear EoS with nucleons and hyperons…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Fiorella Burgio

The nuclear equation of state (EoS) at high densities and/or extreme isospin is one of the longstanding problems of nuclear physics. In the last years substantial progress has been made to constrain the EoS both, from the astrophysical side…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Christian Fuchs