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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

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

The general behavior of the nuclear equation of state (EOS), relevant for the description of neutron stars (NS), is studied within a Bayesian approach applied to a set of models based on a density dependent relativistic mean field…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-05-02 Tuhin Malik , Márcio Ferreira , B. K. Agrawal , Constança Providência

We investigate binary neutron star (BNS) mergers using general-relativistic numerical simulations with hadronic and hybrid equations of state (EOSs), incorporating the latest observations and theoretical constraints. We address two viable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-16 Sudipta Hensh , Yong-Jia Huang , Toru Kojo , Luca Baiotti , Kentaro Takami , Shigehiro Nagataki , Hajime Sotani

We calculate the maximum mass of neutron stars for three different equations of state (EOS) based on generalized Skyrme functionals that are simultaneously fitted to essentially all the 2003 nuclear mass data (the rms deviation is 0.58 MeV…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-12-05 N. Chamel , A. F. Fantina , J. M. Pearson , S. Goriely

We investigate the behavior of curvature invariants for a large ensemble of neutron stars built with equations of state (EOSs) that satisfy constraints from nuclear theory and perturbative QCD, as well as measurements of neutron-star…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-23 Iván Garibay , Christian Ecker , Luciano Rezzolla

We discuss the relativistic nuclear equation of state (EOS) using a relativistic transport model in heavy-ion collisions. From the baryon flow for $Au + Au$ systems at SIS to AGS energies and above we find that the strength of the vector…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-06 P. K. Sahu

Probably No! As an example, using soft EOSs consistent with existing terrestrial nuclear laboratory experiments for hybrid neutron stars containing a quark core described with MIT bag model using reasonable parameters, we show that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-11 De-Hua Wen , Bao-An Li , Lie-Wen Chen

Ab initio methods using weakly interacting nucleons give a good description of condensed nuclear matter up to densities comparable to the nuclear saturation density. At higher densities palpable strong interactions between overlapping…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-04-14 Niko Jokela , Matti Jarvinen , Govert Nijs , Jere Remes

We find constraints on minimum and maximum mass of ordinary neutron stars imposed by their early evolution (protoneutron star stage). We calculate models of protoneutron stars using a realistic standard equation of state of hot, dense…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Gondek-Rosinska , P. Haensel , J. L. Zdunik

In this work the relativistic mean field (RMF) FSUGold model extended to include hyperons is employed to study the properties of neutron stars with strong magnetic fields. The chaotic magnetic field approximation is utilized. The effect of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-27 Fei Wu , Chen Wu , Zhongzhou Ren

The merger of binary neutron stars is likely to lead to differentially rotating remnants. In this paper, we survey several cold nuclear equations of state (EOSs) and numerically construct models of differentially rotating neutron stars in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Ian A. Morrison , Thomas W. Baumgarte , Stuart L. Shapiro

We investigate the equation of state (EOS) of hyperonic neutron star (NS) matter within a density-dependent relativistic mean-field (DDRMF) framework. The effects of scalar, vector, and mixed density dependencies in meson-baryon couplings…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-11-04 Aprajita Shrivastava , Prasanta Char , Sakshi Gautam , Sarmistha Banik

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

Neutron stars, produced at the death of massive stars, are often regarded as giant neutron-rich nuclei. This picture is especially relevant for low-mass (below about solar mass) neutron stars, where non-nucleonic components are not expected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-05-08 Hajime Sotani , Kei Iida , Kazuhiro Oyamatsu , Akira Ohnishi

I discuss why state-of-the art perturbative QCD calculations of the equation of state at large chemical potential that are reliable at asymptotically high densities constrain the same equation of state at neutron-star densities. I describe…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-08-08 Oleg Komoltsev

The compact object with a mass of $2.50-2.67~M_\odot$ observed by LIGO Scientific and Virgo collaborations in GW190814, as well as the recent report of a light compact object with a mass and radius of $M=0.77^{+0.20}_{-0.17}M_{\odot}$ and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-12 Kaixuan Huang , Jinniu Hu

In this work, we study the effects of $\Lambda$-hyperons on neutron star properties employing a metamodel framework for the equation of state (EoS). Different choices for defining the hyperonic couplings with different levels of parametric…

Recent equations of state for dense nuclear matter are discussed with possible phase transitions arising in neutron stars such as pion, kaon and hyperon kondensation, superfluidity and quark matter. Specifically, we treat the nuclear to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Heiselberg , M. Hjorth-Jensen

Whether or not deconfined quark phase exists in neutron star cores and represents the ground state of neutral matter at moderate densities are open questions. We use two realistic effective quark models, the three-flavor Nambu-Jona-Lasinio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Chang-Qun Ma , Chun-Yuan Gao