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We develop an analytic method of inverting the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) relations to high accuracy. In principle, a specified $\mathcal{E}\mbox{-}P$ relation gives a unique $M\mbox{-}R$ relation, and vice-versa. Our method is…

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The neutron star maximum mass and the radius are investigated within the framework of the relativistic mean-field (RMF) model. The variation in the radius at the canonical mass, $R_{1.4}$, using different inner crust equation of state (EoS)…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-03-19 Ishfaq Ahmad Rather , Anisul Ain Usmani , Suresh Kumar Patra

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

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

Neutron stars (NS) are compact objects with strong gravitational fields, and a matter composition subject to extreme physical conditions. The properties of strongly interacting matter at ultra-high densities and temperatures impose a big…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-19 R. V. Lobato , E. V. Chimanski , C. A. Bertulani

We derive a new equation of state (EoS) for neutron stars (NS) from the outer crust to the core based on modern microscopic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock (BHF) calculations using the Argonne $v_{18}$ potential plus three-body forces computed with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-12-02 B. K. Sharma , M. Centelles , X. Vinas , M. Baldo , G. F. Burgio

The structure of neutron stars is considered from theoretical and observational perspectives. We demonstrate an important aspect of neutron star structure: the neutron star radius is primarily determined by the behavior of the pressure of…

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

The increasing number and precision of measurements of neutron star masses, radii, and, in the near future, moments of inertia offer the possibility of precisely determining the neutron star equation of state. One way to facilitate the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-14 Carolyn A. Raithel , Feryal Özel , Dimitrios Psaltis

Bursting X-ray binaries in globular clusters are ideal sources for measuring neutron star masses and radii, and hence, for determining the equation of state of cold, ultradense matter. We use time-resolved spectroscopic data from EXO…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Feryal Ozel , Tolga Guver , Dimitrios Psaltis

We reexamine the equation of state for the nucleonic and hyperonic inner core of neutron stars that satisfies the 2$M_{\odot}$ observations as well as the recent determinations of stellar radii below 13 km, while fulfilling the saturation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-08 Laura Tolos , Mario Centelles , Angels Ramos

A reported ${17~}$MeV boson, which has been proposed as an explanation to the $^{8}$Be and $^{4}$He anomaly, is investigated in the context of its possible influence to neutron stars structure. Implementing a $m_{X}$=17 MeV to the nuclear…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-07-09 Vlasios Petousis , Martin Veselsky , Jozef Leja

Analyses for the NICER data indicate that there is no significant variation of the compact star radii within the mass range of 1.4 to 2.0 solar masses. Yamamoto et al. [Phys. Rev. C 108, 035811 (2023)] concluded recently that ``this feature…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-04-16 E. E. Kolomeitsev , D. N. Voskresensky

The equation of state (EOS) of extremely dense matter is crucial for understanding the properties of rotating neutron stars. Starting from the widely used realistic Bonn potentials rooted in a relativistic framework, we derive EOSs by…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-08-06 Xiaoying Qu , Sibo Wang , Hui Tong

In this contribution nuclear constraints on the equation of state for a neutron star are discussed. A combined fit to nuclear masses and charge radii leads to improved values for the symmetry energy and its derivative at nuclear saturation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 A. E. L. Dieperink , C. Korpa

For the propose of confronting updated pulsar observations with developed neutron star equation of states (EoSs), we employ four unified EoSs for both the core and the crust, namely BCPM, BSk20, BSk21, Shen-TM1, as well as two non-unified…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-23 A. Li , N. B. Zhang , B. Qi , G. F. Burgio

We report neutron star predictions based on our most recent equations of state. These are derived from chiral effective field theory, which allows for a systematic development of nuclear forces, order by order. We utilize high-quality…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-03-01 Francesca Sammarruca , Randy Millerson

We determine an empirical dense matter equation of state from a heterogeneous dataset of six neutron stars: three type I X-ray bursters with photospheric radius expansion, studied by Ozel et al., and three transient low-mass X-ray binaries.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Andrew W. Steiner , James M. Lattimer , Edward F. Brown

The properties of neutron star are studied in the framework of relativistic Hartree-Fock (RHF) model with realistic nucleon-nucleon ($NN$) interactions, i.e. Bonn potentials. The strong repulsion of $NN$ interaction at short range is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-10-28 Ying Zhang , Peng Liu , Jinniu Hu

Few unified equations of state for neutron star matter where core and crust are described using the same nuclear model are available. However the use of non-unified equations of state with a simplified matching between the crust and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-07 J. L. Zdunik , M. Fortin , P. Haensel

We explore in a parameterized manner a very large range of physically plausible equations of state (EOSs) for compact stars for matter that is either purely hadronic or that exhibits a phase transition. In particular, we produce two classes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-04 Elias R. Most , Lukas R. Weih , Luciano Rezzolla , Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich