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The ``hyperon puzzle'' remains a fundamental challenge in nuclear astrophysics. We investigate hyperon emergence in neutron star matter using the $SU(3)$ parity doublet model with chiral representation $(3,\bar{3}) + (\bar{3},3)$. This…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-16 Bikai Gao

We investigate the role of higher order couplings, along with the condensation of antikaons ($K^-$ and $\bar K^0$), on the properties of neutron star (NS). We employ extended versions of the relativistic mean-field model, in which…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-02-08 Neha Gupta , P. Arumugam

Microscopic calculations of neutron matter based on nuclear interactions derived from chiral effective field theory, combined with the recent observation of a 1.97 +- 0.04 M_sun neutron star, constrain the equation of state of neutron-rich…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-23 K. Hebeler , J. M. Lattimer , C. J. Pethick , A. Schwenk

We review the composition and the equation of state of the hyperonic core of neutron stars at finite temperature within a relativistic mean-field approach. We make use of the new FSU2H* model, which is built upon the FSU2H scheme by…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-11-30 Hristijan Kochankovski , Angels Ramos , Laura Tolos

In the framework of the non-relativistic Brueckner-Bethe-Goldstone theory, we derive a microscopic equation of state for asymmetric and $\beta$-stable matter containing $\Sigma^-$ and $\Lambda$ hyperons. We mainly study the effects of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 M. Baldo , G. F. Burgio , H. -J. Schulze

The poorly known crustal equation of state plays a critical role in many observational phenomena associated with a neutron star. Using semi-classical Monte Carlo simulations, we explore the possible configurations of the inner edge of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-11 R. Shafieepour , H. R. Moshfegh , J. Piekarewicz

We analyze the different possibilities for the hadron-quark phase transition occurring in beta-stable matter including hyperons in neutron stars. We use a Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approach including hyperons for the hadronic equation of state…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Toshiki Maruyama , Satoshi Chiba , Hans-Josef Schulze , Toshitaka Tatsumi

A major source of uncertainty in modeling the strangeness-rich interiors of neutron stars arises from the poorly constrained two-body and three-body interactions among hyperons and nucleons. We perform a comprehensive Bayesian analysis of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-28 X. D. Sun , S. C. Han , J. N. Hu , A. Li

In this lecture we discuss the properties of dense hadronic matter inside neutron stars. In particular, we pay attention to the role of strangeness in the core of neutron stars, by analysing the presence of baryons and mesons with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-04-18 Laura Tolos

We describe the quark substructure of hadrons and the equation of state of high density neutron star matter by using the Nambu$-$Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model, which is an effective quark theory based on QCD. The interaction between quarks fully…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-27 Wolfgang Bentz , Ian C. Cloët

Updated constraints from neutron star masses and radii impose stronger restrictions on the equation of state for baryonic matter at high densities and low temperatures. The existence of two-solar-mass neutron stars rules out many soft…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 Thomas Hell , Wolfram Weise

We present an overview of microscopical calculations of the Equation of State (EOS) of neutron matter performed using Quantum Monte Carlo techniques. We focus to the role of the model of the three-neutron force in the high-density part of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 Stefano Gandolfi

The recent discoveries of massive neutron stars, such as PSR J$0348+0432$ and PSR J$1614-2230$, have raised questions about the existence of exotic matter such as hyperons in the neutron star core. The validity of many established equations…

The Auxiliary Field Diffusion Monte Carlo method has been applied to simulate droplets of 7 and 8 neutrons. Results for realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions, which include tensor, spin--orbit and three--body forces, plus a standard…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Francesco Pederiva , A. Sarsa , K. E. Schmidt , S. Fantoni

We analyze the effects of including $\Delta(1232)$ isobars in an equation of state (EoS) for cold, $\beta$-stable neutron star matter, employing relativistic nuclear mean field theory. The selected EoS reproduces the properties of nuclear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-09 Patricia Ribes , Angels Ramos , Laura Tolos , Claudia Gonzalez-Boquera , Mario Centelles

We investigate the effects of the light vector U-boson that couples weakly to nucleons in relativistic mean-field models on the equation of state and subsequently the consequence in neutron stars. It is analyzed that the U-boson can lead to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-19 Dong-Rui Zhang , Ping-Liang Yin , Wei Wang , Qi-Chao Wang , Wei-Zhou Jiang

Since the discovery of neutron stars with masses around 2 solar masses the composition of matter in the central part of these massive stars has been intensively discussed. Within this paper we will (re)investigate the question of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-12-16 M. Oertel , C. Providência , F. Gulminelli , A. R. Raduta

The prediction of the equation of state of hot, dense nuclear matter is one of the most complicated and interesting problems in nuclear astrophysics. At the same time, knowledge of it is the basic ingredient for some of the most interesting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-12 P. S. Koliogiannis , Ch. C. Moustakidis

The minimum and maximum mass of protoneutron stars and neutron stars are investigated. The hot dense matter is described by relativistic (including hyperons) and non-relativistic equations of state. We show that the minimum mass ($\sim$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 Klaus Strobel , Manfred K. Weigel

We analyze hyperon and nucleon mass shifts in nuclear matter using chiral perturbation theory. Expressions for the mass shifts that include strong interaction effects at leading order in the density are derived. Corrections to our results…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 Martin J. Savage , Mark B. Wise