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Millisecond pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars where general relativity plays a strong role in the propagation of light from the neutron star to observer. The observed X-ray pulse shapes carry information on the mass, radius and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-03-29 Denis Leahy

Given the significant advancement in Bayesian inference of nuclear Equation of State (EOS) from gravitational wave and X-ray observations of neutron stars (NSs), especially since GW170817, is there a data-driven and robust empirical formula…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-11-21 Jake Richter , Bao-An Li

We examine whether quarkyonic equations of state (EOS) can account for compact objects in the $2.5$-$4.5\,M_\odot$ mass range reported for the GW230529 gravitational-wave event. The pressure-energy density and mass-radius (M-R) relations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-20 Jeet Amrit Pattnaik , S. K. Patra

Location of critical point and mapping the QCD phase boundary still exists as one of the most interesting and studied problems of heavy-ion physics. A new equation of state (EOS) for a gas of extended baryons and pointlike mesons is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-03-23 C. P. Singh , P. K. Srivastava , S. K. Tiwari

In this chapter we will introduce an effective equation of state (EoS) model based on polytropes that serves to study the so called "mass twins" scenario, where two compact stars have approximately the same mass but (significant for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-21 David Blaschke , David Edwin Alvarez-Castillo , Alexander Ayriyan , Hovik Grigorian , Noshad Khosravi Lagarni , Fridolin Weber

Gaussian processes provide a promising framework by which to extrapolate the equation of state (EoS) of cold, catalyzed matter beyond $1-2$ times nuclear saturation density. Here we discuss how to extend Gaussian processes to include…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-17 Debora Mroczek , M. Coleman Miller , Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler , Nicolas Yunes

Matter at ultra-high densities finds a physical realization inside neutron stars. One key property is their maximum mass, which has far-reaching implications for astrophysics and the equation of state of ultra dense matter. In this work, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-01 Lívia S. Rocha , Jorge E. Horvath , Lucas M. de Sá , Gustavo Y. Chinen , Lucas G. Barão , Marcio G. B. de Avellar

Recent rapid progress in neutron-star (NS) observations offers great potential to constrain the properties of strongly interacting matter under the most extreme conditions. In order to fully exploit the current observational inputs and to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-17 Eemeli Annala , Tyler Gorda , Evangelia Katerini , Aleksi Kurkela , Joonas Nättilä , Vasileios Paschalidis , Aleksi Vuorinen

A proto-neutron star (PNS) gets formed after a successful supernova when the stellar remnant decouples from the ejecta. In this study, we explore a relativistic framework for the finite-temperature $\beta$-equilibrium limit of equation of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-05-27 Deepak Kumar , Tuhin Malik , Hiranmaya Mishra , Constança Providência

We investigate the role of hybrid and nucleonic equations of state (EOSs) within neutron star (NS) interiors using Bayesian inference to evaluate their alignment with recent observational data from NICER and LIGO-Virgo (LV) collaborations.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-11-14 Debanjan Guha Roy , Anagh Venneti , Tuhin Malik , Swastik Bhattacharya , Sarmistha Banik

Astrophysical observations from NICER and gravitational wave data constrain the properties of matter at the cores of neutron stars, enabling us to probe high-density matter with greater accuracy. To understand its implications for neutron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-13 Asim Kumar Saha , Tuhin Malik , Ritam Mallick

The parametrized equation of state (EOS) of neutron stars is investigated by Bayesian inference method with various constraints from both nuclear physics and modern astronomical observations. The expansion coefficients correspond to the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-04 Xieyuan Dong , Hong Shen , Jinniu Hu , Ying Zhang

Neutron stars are the dense and highly magnetic relics of supernova explosions of massive stars. The quest to constrain the Equation of State (EoS) of ultra-dense matter and thereby probe the behavior of matter inside neutron stars, is one…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-09 Alessio Marino , Clara Dehman , Konstantinos Kovlakas , Nanda Rea , Jose A. Pons , D. Viganò

The Equation of State (EoS) of dense matter represents a central issue in the study of compact astrophysical objects and heavy ion reactions at intermediate and relativistic energies. We have derived a nuclear EoS with nucleons and hyperons…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Fiorella Burgio

The appearance of quark phases in the dense interior of neutron stars provides one possibility to soften the equation of state (EOS) of neutron star matter at high densities. This softening leads to more compact equilibrium configurations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 K. Schertler , C. Greiner , J. Schaffner-Bielich , M. H. Thoma

Motivated by the unknown nature of the $2.50-2.67\,M_\odot$ compact object in the binary merger event GW190814, we study the maximum neutron star mass based on constraints from low-energy nuclear physics, neutron star tidal deformabilities…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-09-29 Yeunhwan Lim , Anirban Bhattacharya , Jeremy W. Holt , Debdeep Pati

We propose a new Bayesian framework to infer the neutron star equation of state (EOS) from mass and radius observations and neutron matter theory by defining priors that directly parameterize mass-radius space instead of pressure-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-09 Boyang Sun , Tianqi Zhao , James M. Lattimer

We perform a joint Bayesian inference of neutron-star mass and radius constraints based on GW170817, observations of quiescent low-mass X-ray binaries (QLMXBs), photospheric radius expansion X-ray bursts (PREs), and X-ray timing…

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

Measurement of macroscopic properties of neutron stars, whether in binary or in an isolated system, provides us a key opportunity to place a stringent constraint on its equation of state. In this paper, we perform Bayesian model-selection…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-28 Bhaskar Biswas