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The maximum mass of a neutron star is generally determined by the equation of state of the star material. In this study, we take into account dark matter particles, assumed to behave like fermions with a free parameter to account for the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-21 Ang Li , Feng Huang , Ren-Xin Xu

The likely presence of $\Lambda$ baryons in dense hadronic matter tends to soften the equation of state to an extend that the observed heaviest neutron stars are difficult to explain. We analyze this "hyperon problem" with a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-08-26 Paulo F. Bedaque , Andrew W. Steiner

We study an impact of asymmetric dark matter on properties of the neutron stars and their ability to reach the two solar masses limit, which allows us to present a new range of masses of dark matter particles and their fractions inside the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-07 O. Ivanytskyi , V. Sagun , I. Lopes

Using various kinds of relativistic mean-field models as well as the quark-meson coupling model, we study in detail the properties of neutron stars. We find that the equation of state in SU(3) flavor symmetry can support a neutron star with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-04-10 Tsuyoshi Miyatsu , Myung-Ki Cheoun , Koichi Saito

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 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

By assuming the formation of a black hole soon after the merger event of GW170817, Shibata et al. updated the constraints on the maximum mass ($M_\textrm{max}$) of a stable neutron star within $\lesssim$ 2.3 $M_{\odot}$, but there is no…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-21 Xuhao Wu , Shuang Du , Renxin Xu

Taking into account the terrestrial experiments and the recent astrophysical observations of neutron stars and gravitational-wave signals, we impose restrictions on the equation of state (EoS) for isospin-asymmetric nuclear matter. Using…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-03-18 Soonchul Choi , Tsuyoshi Miyatsu , Myung-Ki Cheoun , Koichi Saito

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

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 nuclear symmetry energy is intimately connected with nuclear astrophysics. This contribution focuses on the estimation of the symmetry energy from experiment and how it is related to the structure of neutron stars. The most important…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-03-06 James M. Lattimer , Andrew W. Steiner

Hyperons are essential constituents in the neutron star interior. The poorly-known hyperonic interaction is a source of uncertainty for studying laboratory hypernuclei and neutron star observations. In this work, we perform Bayesian…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-13 Xiangdong Sun , Zhiqiang Miao , Baoyuan Sun , Ang Li

We have analyzed in this work the updated sample of neutron star masses derived from the study of a variety of 96 binary systems containing at least one neutron star using Bayesian methods. After updating the multimodality of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-20 L. S. Rocha , R. R. A. Bachega , J. E. Horvath , P. H. R. S. Moraes

Within the parameter space of equation of state (EOS) of dense neutron-rich matter limited by existing constraints mainly from terrestrial nuclear experiments, we investigate how the neutron star maximum mass $M_{\rm{max}}>2.01\pm0.04$…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-05-30 Nai-Bo Zhang , Bao-An Li , Jun Xu

The maximum mass of neutron stars ($M_{\rm TOV}$) plays a crucial role in understanding their equation of state (EoS). Previous studies have used the measurements for the compactness of massive pulsars and the tidal deformability of neutron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-12 Shunke Ai , He Gao , Yong Yuan , Bing Zhang , Lin Lan

We shall examine various types of equations of state for neutron stars, which determine the structure of neutron stars. In particular, the relation between mass and radius of neutron stars is of primary consideration. By combining an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-01 Carlos Daniel Xu

The equation of state for dense nuclear matter in $\beta$-equilibrium is explored including the possibility of a doubly-strange H-particle. Consistent with experimental constraints, the mass of the H in free space is taken to be near the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-04 Jesper Leong , Anthony W. Thomas , Pierre A. M. Guichon

The effect of the density dependence of the nucleonic equation of state and the hyperon meson couplings on the star properties, including strangeness content, mass and radius, are studied within a relativistic mean field formalism. It is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-07-30 Constança Providência , Aziz Rabhi

We investigate how current and proposed observations of neutron stars can lead to an understanding of the state of their interiors and the key unknowns: the typical neutron star radius and the neutron star maximum mass. A theoretical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 James M. Lattimer , Maddapa Prakash

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