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One of the key goals of observing neutron stars is to infer the equation of state (EoS) of the cold, ultradense matter in their interiors. We present here a Bayesian statistical method of inferring the pressures at five fixed densities,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-09 Carolyn A. Raithel , Feryal Özel , Dimitrios Psaltis

The increasing number and precision of measurements of neutron star masses, radii, and, in the near future, moments of inertia offer the possibility of precisely determining the neutron star equation of state. One way to facilitate the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-14 Carolyn A. Raithel , Feryal Özel , Dimitrios Psaltis

New constraints for the nuclear equation of state at suprasaturation densities have been obtained by measuring collective particle flows in heavy-ion reactions at relativistic energies. Ratios and differences of neutron and hydrogen flows…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-02-13 W. Trautmann , H. H. Wolter

Equation of state (EOS) of pure neutron matter (PNM) is studied in QCD sum rules (QCDSR). It is found that the QCDSR results on EOS of PNM are in good agreement with predictions by current advanced microscopic many-body theories. Moreover,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-05-30 Bao-Jun Cai , Lie-Wen Chen

Modern multi-messenger astronomical observations and heavy ion experiments provide new insights into the structure of compact objects. Nevertheless, much ambiguity remains when it comes to super dense matter above the nuclear saturation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-03 Victor I. Danchev , Daniela D. Doneva

An equation of state (EOS) of neutron star matter, describing both the neutron star crust and the liquid core, is calculated. It is based on the effective nuclear interaction SLy of the Skyrme type, which is particularly suitable for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. Douchin , P. Haensel

We calculate the equation of state (EoS) of dense matter, using a relativistic mean field (RMF) model with a density dependent coupling that is a slightly modified form of the original NL3 interaction. For nonuniform nuclear matter we…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-13 G. Shen , C. J. Horowitz , S. Teige

We perform a Bayesian inference of the equation of state (EOS) of cold dense matter within a density-dependent relativistic mean-field (DD-RMF) model. An explicit inverse-mapping procedure reconstructs the density-dependent couplings from a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-09 Wen-Jie Xie , Cheng-Jun Xia

The strong-field gravity in General Relativity (GR) realized in neutron stars (NSs) renders the Equation of State (EOS) $P(\varepsilon)$ of supradense neutron star (NS) matter to be essentially nonlinear and refines the upper bound for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-12 Bao-Jun Cai , Bao-An Li

We have conducted an extensive study using a diverse set of equations of state (EoSs) to uncover strong relationships between neutron star (NS) observables and the underlying EoS parameters using symbolic regression method. These EoS…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-17 N. K. Patra , Tuhin Malik , Helena Pais , Kai Zhou , B. K. Agrawal , Constança Providência

The possibility of discovering twin stars, two neutron stars (NSs) with the same mass but different radii, is usually studied in forward modelings by using a restricted number of NS matter equation of state (EOS) encapsulating a first-order…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-10 Xavier Grundler , Bao-An Li

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 construct an equation of state (EOS) for neutron stars by interpolating hadronic EOS at low density and quark EOS at high density. A hadronic model based on the parity doublet structure is used for hadronic matter and a quark model of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-05-05 Takuya Minamikawa , Toru Kojo , Masayasu Harada

The radius $R_{1.4}$ of neutron stars (NSs) with a mass of 1.4 M$_{\odot}$ has been extracted consistently in many recent studies in the literature. Using representative $R_{1.4}$ data, we infer high-density nuclear symmetry energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-04 Wen-Jie Xie , Bao-An Li

The general behavior of the nuclear equation of state (EOS), relevant for the description of neutron stars (NS), is studied within a relativistic mean field description of nuclear matter. Different formulations, both with density dependent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-06-06 Constança Providência , Tuhin Malik , Milena Bastos Albino , Márcio Ferreira

In simulations of binary neutron star mergers, the dense matter equation of state (EOS) is required over wide ranges of density and temperature as well as under conditions in which neutrinos are trapped, and the effects of magnetic fields…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-20 S. Lalit , M. A. A. Mamun , C. Constantinou , M. Prakash

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

Understanding the equation of state (EOS) of cold nuclear matter, namely, the relation between the pressure and energy density, is a central goal of nuclear physics that cuts across a variety of disciplines. Indeed, the limits of nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-06-12 J. Piekarewicz

It is currently unknown how matter behaves at the extreme densities found within the cores of neutron stars. Measurements of the neutron star equation of state probe nuclear physics that is otherwise inaccessible in a laboratory setting.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-03 Kris Walker , Rory Smith , Eric Thrane , Daniel J. Reardon

We study the equation of state (EoS) of a neutron star (NS) accounting for new advances. In the low energy density, $n\leq 0.1 n_s$, with $n_s$ the saturation density, we use a new pure neutron matter EoS that is regulator independent and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-10-22 J. M. Alarcón , E. Lope-Oter , J. A. Oller