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From empirically determined values of some of the characteristic constants associated with homogeneous nuclear matter at saturation and sub-saturation densities, within the framework of a Skyrme-inspired energy density functional, we…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-23 N. Alam , B. K. Agrawal , J. N. De , S. K. Samaddar , G. Colò

The question of correlations among empirical equation of state (EoS) parameters constrained by nuclear observables is addressed in a fully empirical meta-modeling approach. A recently proposed meta-modeling for the nuclear EoS in nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-12-27 D. Chatterjee , F. Gulminelli , Ad. R. Raduta , J. Margueron

The quest for the nuclear equation of state (EoS) at high densities and/or extreme isospin is one of the longstanding problems of nuclear physics. Ab initio calculations for the nuclear many-body problem make predictions for the density and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Christian Fuchs

The impact of matter properties at subnuclear densities on the evolution of protoneutron stars is investigated. Several models of nuclear equation of state (EOS) are constructed with varying saturation parameters, particularly the symmetry…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-25 Ken'ichiro Nakazato , Hajime Togashi , Kohsuke Sumiyoshi , Hideyuki Suzuki

We try to constrain the Equation-of-State (EoS) of supra-nuclear-density matter in neutron stars (NSs) by observations of nearby NSs. There are seven thermally emitting NSs known from X-ray and optical observations, the so-called…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 R. Neuhäuser , V. V. Hambaryan , M. M. Hohle , T. Eisenbeiss

Recently, in Malik23, a dataset of several EoS for purely nucleonic stellar matter based on a non-linear RMF model prescription, and constrained to properties of nuclear matter, to state-of-the-art chiral effective field theory calculations…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-09-25 Tuhin Malik , Helena Pais , Constança Providência

The difficulty in describing the equation of state (EoS) for nuclear matter at densities above the saturation density ($\rho_0$) has led to the emergence of a multitude of models based on different assumptions and techniques. These EoSs,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-01-17 Ameya Thete , Kinjal Banerjee , Tuhin Malik

In recent years, modified gravity theories have gained significant attention as potential replacements for the general theory of relativity. Neutron stars, which are dense compact objects, provide ideal astrophysical laboratories for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-20 K. Nobleson , Sarmistha Banik , Tuhin Malik

Massive neutron stars (NS) are expected to possess a quark core. While the hadronic side of the NS equation of state (EOS) can be considered well established, the quark side is quite uncertain. While calculating the EOS of hadronic matter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. F. Burgio , M. Baldo , P. K. Sahu , A. B. Santra , H. -J. Schulze

Very recently the NICER collaboration has published the first-ever accurate measurement of mass and radius together for PSR J0030+0451, a nearby isolated quickly-rotating neutron star (NS). In this work we set the joint constraints on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-29 Jin-Liang Jiang , Shao-Peng Tang , Yuan-Zhu Wang , Yi-Zhong Fan , Da-Ming Wei

Analytical representations are derived for two equations of state (EOSs) of neutron-star matter: FPS and SLy. Each of these EOSs is unified, that is, it describes the crust and the core of a neutron star using the same physical model. Two…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Haensel , A. Y. Potekhin

Understanding the equation of state (EOS) of neutron stars (NSs) is a fundamental challenge in astrophysics and nuclear physics. A first-order phase transition (FOPT) at high densities could lead to the formation of a quark core,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-19 Zuhua Ji , Jiarui Chen , Gaojian Wu

The determination of the equation of state (EOS) of a neutron star (NS) and its maximum mass is very important for understanding the formation and properties of NSs under extreme conditions, but they remain open questions. Short-duration…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-25 Jun-Xiang Huang , Hou-Jun Lü , En-Wei Liang

The Equation of State (EoS) of strongly interacting cold and hot ultra-dense QCD matter remains a major challenge in the field of nuclear astrophysics. With the advancements in measurements of neutron star masses, radii, and tidal…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-09-05 Shriya Soma , Lingxiao Wang , Shuzhe Shi , Horst Stöcker , Kai Zhou

The EOS of strongly interacting matter at densities ten to fifteen orders of magnitude larger than the typical density of terrestrial macroscopic objects determines a number of neutron star properties, including the pattern of gravitational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Omar Benhar

In this paper, we present an inference method for determining neutron star parameters and constraining the nuclear equation of state (EOS) using the RIFT parameter inference engine. We incorporate externally-produced prior information about…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-23 Askold Vilkha , Anjali Yelikar , Richard O'Shaughnessy , Jocelyn Read

An effective equation of state (EoS) which generalizes the Lattimer-Swesty equation for nuclear matter is presented for matter at supernuclear densities including strange baryons. It contains an adjustable baryon potential energy density,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Shmuel Balberg , Avraham Gal

The profile of a neutron star probes a very large range of densities, from the density of iron up to several times the density of saturated nuclear matter, and thus no theory of hadrons can be considered reliable if extended to those…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-05-20 Francesca Sammarruca , Tomiwa Ajagbonna

Accurate modeling of the neutron star crust is essential for interpreting multimessenger observations and constraining the nuclear equation of state (EoS). However, standard phenomenological EoS models often rely on heuristic extrapolations…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-08-14 S. Burrello , F. Gulminelli , M. Antonelli , M. Colonna , A. Fantina

This study analyzes and contrasts different phenomenological methods used to model the nuclear equation of state (EOS) for neutron star matter based on covariant energy density functionals (CEDF). Using two complementary methodologies, we…