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A systematic study of the effects of hyperon couplings on hyperon superfluidity is conducted by using the relativistic mean field model. Combining the slope of symmetry energy, the hyperon couplings are determined in two ways -- by the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-10-04 Zhong-Hao Tu , Shan-Gui Zhou

Precise experimental information on hyperon-nucleon interactions is scarce but of paramount importance to our understanding of the inner structure of compact stars. In this letter, we report the first experimental results of correlation…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-11-20 STAR Collaboration

Hypernuclei and hypernuclear matter connect nuclear structure in the strangeness sector with the astrophysics of neutron stars, where hyperons are expected to emerge at high densities and affect key astrophysical observables. We present the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-10-01 Hui Tong , Serdar Elhatisari , Ulf-G. Meißner , Zhengxue Ren

It is shown that the modern equations of state for neutron star matter based on microscopic calculations of symmetric and asymmetric nuclear matter are compatible with the lower bound on the maximum neutron-star mass for a certain range of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 H. Huber , M. K. Weigel , F. Weber

A previously derived relativistic energy density functional for nuclei, based on low-energy in-medium chiral dynamics, is generalized to implement constraints from chiral SU(3) effective field theory and applied to $\Lambda$ hypernuclei.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-12-10 P. Finelli , N. Kaiser , D. Vretenar , W. Weise

Single--particle spectra of $\Lambda $ and $\Sigma $ hypernuclei are calculated within a relativistic mean--field theory. The hyperon couplings used are compatible with the $\Lambda $ binding in saturated nuclear matter, neutron-star masses…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 N. K. Glendenning , D. Von-Eiff , M. Haft , H. Lenske , M. K. Weigel

Using the well known quantum hadrodynamics (QHD), we study the effects of meson-hyperon coupling constants on the onset of hyperons in dense nuclear matter. We use the SU(3) symmetry group to fix all these coupling constants, constrained to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-02-26 Luiz L. Lopes , Debora P. Menezes

The possibility of new short-distance physics applicable inside the cores of NS is incorporated into the equation of state generated by the quark-meson coupling model. The contribution of this new physics to the energy density is taken to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-08-22 Jesper Leong , Theo F. Motta , Anthony W. Thomas , P. A. M. Guichon

A depth of $D_{\Lambda}\approx -28$ MeV for the $\Lambda$-nucleus potential was confirmed in 1988 by studying $\Lambda$ binding energies deduced from $(\pi^+,K^+)$ spectra measured across the periodic table. Modern two-body hyperon-nucleon…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-01-11 E. Friedman , A. Gal

Chiral Lagrangian and quark-meson coupling models of hyperon matter are used to estimate the maximum mass of neutron stars. Our relativistic calculations include, for the first time, both Hartree and Fock contributions in a consistent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-03-05 Elisabeth Massot , Jérôme Margueron , G. Chanfray

The production of light nuclei and hypernuclei together with heavy baryons, both hyperons and $\Delta$-baryons, in low density matter as found in stellar environments such as supernova or binary mergers is studied within relativistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-06-29 Tiago Custódio , Helena Pais , Constança Providência

A density-dependent effective potential for the baryon-baryon interaction in the presence of the (hyper)nuclear medium is constructed, based on the leading (irreducible) three-baryon forces derived within SU(3) chiral effective field…

The thermal evolution of hypernuclear compact stars is studied for stellar models constructed on the basis of covariant density functional theory in Hartree and Hartree-Fock approximation. Parametrizations of both types are consistent with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-06-27 Adriana R. Raduta , Jia Jie Li , Armen Sedrakian , Fridolin Weber

Brueckner theory is used to investigate the properties of hyperons in nuclear matter. The hyperon-nucleon interaction is taken from chiral effective field theory at next-to-leading order with SU(3) symmetric low-energy constants.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-01-27 S. Petschauer , J. Haidenbauer , N. Kaiser , Ulf-G. Meißner , W. Weise

Significant uncertainties persist in describing the equation of state and internal structure of hyperon stars due to the limited understanding of the mechanisms underlying hyperon interactions. Constraining the interaction parameter space…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-11-11 Shi Yuan Ding , Xiang Dong Sun , Bao Yuan Sun , Ang Li

Recent work on using density dependent $\Lambda$-nuclear optical potentials in calculations of $\Lambda$-hypernuclear binding energies is reviewed. It is found that all known $\Lambda$ binding energies in the mass range $16 \leq A \leq 208$…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-11 Eliahu Friedman , Avraham Gal

Understanding the strong interactions within baryonic systems beyond the up and down quark sector is pivotal for a comprehensive description of nuclear forces. This study explores the interactions involving hyperons, particularly the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-10-08 Fabian Hildenbrand , Serdar Elhatisari , Zhengxue Ren , Ulf-G. Meißner

We review the physics of hyperons and $\Delta$-resonances in dense matter in compact stars. The covariant density functional approach to the equation of state and composition of dense nuclear matter in the mean-field Hartree and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-05-24 Armen Sedrakian , Jia-Jie Li , Fridolin Weber

Brueckner theory is used to investigate the in-medium properties of a $\Lambda$-hyperon in nuclear and neutron matter, based on hyperon-nucleon interactions derived within SU(3) chiral effective field theory (EFT). It is shown that the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-06-28 J. Haidenbauer , U. -G. Meißner , N. Kaiser , W. Weise

We study the $^1S_0$ superfluidity of $\Lambda$ hyperons in neutron star matter and neutron stars. We use the relativistic mean field (RMF) theory to calculate the properties of neutron star matter. In the RMF approach, the meson-hyperon…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Y. N. Wang , H. Shen