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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

A new scheme for testing nuclear matter equations of state (EsoS) at high densities using constraints from neutron star phenomenology and a flow data analysis of heavy-ion collisions is suggested. An acceptable EoS shall not allow the…

Our present knowledge of the nuclear equation of state is briefly reviewed in this article intended for a wider readership. Particular emphasis is given to the asymmetric-matter equation of state required for modeling neutron stars,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-07-31 M. D. Cozma , W. Trautmann

Recent developments in the theory of pure neutron matter and experiments concerning the symmetry energy of nuclear matter, coupled with recent measurements of high-mass neutron stars, now allow for relatively tight constraints on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 James M. Lattimer , M. Prakash

The density dependencies of various effective interaction strengths in the relativistic mean field are studied and carefully compared for nuclear matter and neutron stars. The influences of different density dependencies are presented and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 S. F. Ban , J. Li , S. Q. Zhang , H. Y. Jia , J. P. Sang , J. Meng

Numerous models of neutron star (NS) equation of state (EoS) exist based on different superdense-matter physics approaches. Nevertheless, some NS properties show universal (EoS-independent) relations. Here, we propose a novel class of such…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-02 Dmitry D. Ofengeim , Peter S. Shternin , Tsvi Piran

Neutron stars are one of the most extreme objects in the universe, with densities that can exceed those of atomic nuclei and gravitational fields that are among the strongest known. Theoretical and observational research on neutron stars…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-16 J. Alfredo Collazos

Neutron stars provide a natural laboratory for studying the properties of dense nuclear matter under extreme conditions. In this proceeding, we review our current understanding of dense isospin symmetric and asymmetric matter and neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-01 Rajesh Kumar , Veronica Dexheimer , Johannes Jahan

We address the question of the role of low-energy nuclear physics data in constraining neutron star global properties, e.g., masses, radii, angular momentum, and tidal deformability, in the absence of a phase transition in dense matter. To…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-06 Brett V. Carlson , Mariana Dutra , Odilon Lourenço , Jérôme Margueron

We examine the roles the presence of hyperons in the cores of neutron stars may play in determining global properties of these stars. The study is based on estimates that hyperons appear in neutron star matter at about twice the nuclear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Shmuel Balberg , Itamar Lichtenstadt , Gregory. B. Cook

Emission properties of compact astrophysical objects such as Neutron stars (NSs) are associated with crucial astronomical observables. In the current work, we obtain the mass, pressure profiles of the non-rotating NSs using the modified…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-28 Shubham Yadav , M. Mishra , Tapomoy Guha Sarkar , Captain R. Singh

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

Neutron stars can be regarded as natural laboratories that enable us to investigate nuclear matter properties under extreme conditions that are otherwise impossible to access in terrestrial experiments. Astrophysical observations of neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-12-01 Hyukjin Kwon , Kazuyuki Sekizawa

We investigate the equation of state (EOS) and macroscopic properties of neutron stars (NSs) and hyperonic stars within the framework of the lowest order constrained variational (LOCV) method, extended to include interacting $\Lambda$…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-01-21 Ali Mohammad Ali Looee , Mahboubeh Shahrbaf , Hamid Reza Moshfegh

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

Neutron stars are one of the most exotic objects in the universe and a unique laboratory to study the nuclear matter above the nuclear saturation density. In this work, we study the equation of state of the nuclear matter within a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-09-26 L. L. Lopes , D. P. Menezes

Measurements of kaon production at subthreshold energies in heavy-ion collisions point to a soft nuclear equation-of-state for densities up to 2-3 times nuclear matter saturation density. We apply these results to study the implications on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Irina Sagert , Laura Tolos , Debarati Chatterjee , Juergen Schaffner-Bielich , Christian Sturm

Neutron star properties depend on both nuclear physics and astrophysical processes, and thus observations of neutron stars offer constraints on both large-scale astrophysics and the behavior of cold, dense matter. In this study, we use…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-29 Jacob Golomb , Isaac Legred , Katerina Chatziioannou , Philippe Landry

The discovery of nondiffuse sources of gravitational waves through compact-object mergers opens new prospects for the study of physics beyond the Standard Model. In this paper, we study the effects of a new force between quarks, suggested…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-05 Jeffrey M. Berryman , Susan Gardner

With recent advances in neutron star observations, major progress has been made in determining the pressure of neutron star matter at high density. This pressure is constrained by the neutron star deformability, determined from…