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We suggest a new Bayesian analysis (BA) using disjunct M-R constraints for extracting probability measures for cold, dense matter equations of state (EoS). One of the key issues of such an analysis is the question of a deconfinement…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-02-05 A. Ayriyan , D. E. Alvarez-Castillo , D. Blaschke , H. Grigorian

We explore the density variation of the correlation coefficient of the key parameters of the nuclear equation of state (EoS) with the bulk and crustal properties of neutron stars. The analysis was performed using two diverse sets of nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-06-26 Naosad Alam , Subrata Pal

Pulse profile modeling of X-ray data from NICER is now enabling precision inference of neutron star mass and radius. Combined with nuclear physics constraints from chiral effective field theory ($\chi$EFT), and masses and tidal…

Heavy-ion reactions provide a unique means to investigate the equation of state (EOS) of neutron-rich nuclear matter, especially the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy $E_{sym}(\rho)$. The latter plays an important role in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Bao-An Li , Lie-Wen Chen , Che Ming Ko , Plamen G. Krastev , Andrew W. Steiner , Gao-Chan Yong

In this contribution nuclear constraints on the equation of state for a neutron star are discussed. A combined fit to nuclear masses and charge radii leads to improved values for the symmetry energy and its derivative at nuclear saturation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 A. E. L. Dieperink , C. Korpa

We present a physics-informed Bayesian analysis of equation of state constraints using observational data for masses, radii and tidal deformability of pulsars and a generic class of hybrid neutron star equation of state with color…

We calculate static properties of non-rotating neutron stars (NS's) using a microscopic equation of state (EOS) for asymmetric nuclear matter. The EOS is computed in the framework of the Brueckner--Bethe--Goldstone many--body theory. We…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Baldo , G. F. Burgio , I. Bombaci

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

With recent advances in neutron star observations, major progress has been made in determining the pressure of neutron star matter at high density. This pressure is constrained by the neutron star deformability, determined from…

We report a new microscopic equation of state (EOS) of dense symmetric nuclear matter, pure neutron matter, and asymmetric and $\beta$-stable nuclear matter at zero temperature using recent realistic two-body and three-body nuclear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-31 Ignazio Bombaci , Domenico Logoteta

Future high-precision X-ray and gravitational-wave observations of neutron stars (NSs) are expected to constrain NS radii with uncertainties as small as $\sigma \simeq 0.1$~km. Such unprecedented precision offers a unique opportunity to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-17 Bao-An Li , Xavier Grundler , Wen-Jie Xie , Nai-Bo Zhang

Physics of the Equation of State (EoS) for proto-neutron star (PNS) concerns properties of neutron rich matter at finite temperature over wide range of densities. In this contribution we discuss the structure of PNS inner crust in a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-02-28 Gang Shen

Observations of isolated neutron stars place constraints on the equation of state (EOS) of cold, neutron-rich matter, while nuclear physics experiments probe the EOS of hot, symmetric matter. Many dynamical phenomena, such as core-collapse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-17 Carolyn A. Raithel , Feryal Ozel , Dimitrios Psaltis

The equation of state (EOS) of dense matter has been a long-sought goal of nuclear physics. Equations of state generate unique mass versus radius (M-R) relations for neutron stars, the ultra-dense remnants of stellar evolution. In this…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 Andrew W. Steiner , James M. Lattimer , Edward F. Brown

Perturbative quantum chromodynamics (pQCD), while valid only at densities exceeding those found in the cores of neutron stars, could provide constraints on the dense-matter equation of state (EOS). In this work, we examine the impact of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-11-17 Eliot Finch , Isaac Legred , Katerina Chatziioannou , Reed Essick , Sophia Han , Philippe Landry

A considerable effort has been dedicated recently to the construction of generic equations of state (EOSs) for matter in neutron stars. The advantage of these approaches is that they can provide model-independent information on the interior…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-10 Carlo Musolino , Christian Ecker , Luciano Rezzolla

Lacking terrestrial experimental data, our best constraints on the behavior of matter at high densities up to and above nuclear density arise from observations of neutron stars. Current constraints include those based on measurements of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-10 Anna Chen , Juan Diego DelPrado , Thomas W. Baumgarte , Stuart L. Shapiro

Context. A unified equation of state (EoS) should describe the crust and the core of a neutron star using the same physical model. The Brussels-Montreal group has recently derived a family of such EoSs based on the nuclear energy-density…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 A. Y. Potekhin , A. F. Fantina , N. Chamel , J. M. Pearson , S. Goriely

The non-relativistic model of nuclear matter with zero-range Skyrme interactions is employed within a Bayesian approach in order to study the behavior of neutron stars (NSs) equation of state (EOS). A minimal number of constraints from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-28 Mikhail V. Beznogov , Adriana R. Raduta

We provide a systematic study of hybrid neutron star equations of state (EoS) consisting of a relativistic density functional for the hadronic phase and a covariant nonlocal Nambu--Jona-Lasinio (nlNJL) model to describe the color…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-02-26 Mahboubeh Shahrbaf , Sofija Antić , A. Ayriyan , David Blaschke , Ana Gabriela Grunfeld