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We constrain the Cosmic Star Formation Rate (CSFR) by requiring that massive stars produce the observed UV, optical, and IR light while at the same time not overproduce the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background as bounded by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Louis E. Strigari , John F. Beacom , Terry P. Walker , Pengjie Zhang

Despite the large uncertainties in the equation of state for neutron stars (NSs), a tight universal ``Love-Q'' relation exists between their dimensionless tidal deformability, $\Lambda$, and the dimensionless quadrupole moment, $Q$.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-26 Zhihao Zheng , Ziming Wang , Jinwen Deng , Yiming Dong , Lijing Shao

The NICER Collaboration recently reported the measurement of the mass and radius of a pulsar PSR J0030+0451. We here use this new measurement to constrain one of the higher-order nuclear matter parameters $K_{\mathrm{sym,0}}$. We further…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-11 Josef Zimmerman , Zack Carson , Kristen Schumacher , Andrew W. Steiner , Kent Yagi

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 study the effects of the tensor force, present in modern effective nucleon-nucleon interactions, in the spin instability of nuclear and neutron matter. Stability conditions of the system against certain very low energy excitation modes…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 J. Navarro , A. Polls

Dense neutron matter with recently developed BSk19 and BSk21 Skyrme effective forces is considered in magnetic fields up to $10^{20}$ G at zero temperature. The breaking of the rotational symmetry by the magnetic field leads to the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-02-03 A. A. Isayev , J. Yang

The nucleon density distributions and the thickness of pure neutron matter in Ca isotopes were systematically studied using the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock model (SHF) from the $\beta$-stability line to the neutron drip-line. The pure neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-06 Soojae Im , J. Meng

The Skyrme model is a low energy effective field theory of strong interactions where nuclei and baryons appear as collective excitations of pionic degrees of freedom. In the last years, there has been a revival of Skyrme's ideas and new…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-04 Carlos Naya

The study of inhomogeneous neutron matter can provide insights into the structure of neutron stars as well as their dynamics in neutron-star mergers. In this work we tackle pure neutron matter in the presence of a periodic external field by…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-02-25 Mateusz Buraczynski , Samuel Martinello , Alexandros Gezerlis

We perform a systematic analysis of the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy within the microscopic Brueckner--Hartree--Fock (BHF) approach using the realistic Argonne V18 nucleon-nucleon potential plus a phenomenological three…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-02 Isaac Vidana , Constanca Providencia , Artur Polls , Arnau Rios

A density dependent, effective nucleon-nucleon force of the Skyrme type is derived from the quark-meson coupling model -- a self-consistent, relativistic quark level description of nuclear matter. This new formulation requires no assumption…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-02-17 P. A. M. Guichon , H. H. Matevosyan , N. Sandulescu , A. W. Thomas

In this work, we study the effects of nuclear symmetry energy slope on neutron star dense matter equation of state and its impact on neutron star observables (mass-radius, tidal response). We construct the equation of state within the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-06 Vivek Baruah Thapa , Monika Sinha

Numerical simulations of core-collapse supernovae, mergers of binary neutron stars and formation of stellar black holes, which employed standard Skyrme interactions, established clear correlations between the evolution of these processes,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-01-16 Adriana R. Raduta , Mikhail V. Beznogov

The neutron-proton Fermi-energy difference and the correlation to nucleon separation energies for some magic nuclei are investigated with the Skyrme energy density functionals and nuclear masses, with which the nuclear symmetry energy at…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-03-28 Ning Wang , Li Ou , Min Liu

Combining new gravitational waveforms derived by long-term (14--16 orbits) numerical-relativity simulations with waveforms by an effective-one-body (EOB) formalism for coalescing binary neutron stars, we construct hybrid waveforms and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-20 Kenta Hotokezaka , Koutarou Kyutoku , Yu-ichiro Sekiguchi , Masaru Shibata

The symmetry energy expansion is a useful way to parametrize the properties of dense matter near nuclear saturation density, and much work has been done to connect physical quantities like the neutron star radius and the core-crust…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-26 Steven P Harris

We establish a correlation for the symmetry energy at saturation density $S_{0}$, slope parameter $L$ and curvature parameter $K_{\text{sym}}$ based on widely different mean field interactions. With the help of this correlation and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-09-11 Jianmin Dong , Wei Zuo , Jianzhong Gu , Umberto Lombardo

Finite size effects in a neutron star merger are manifested, at leading order, through the tidal deformabilities (Lambdas) of the stars. If strong first-order phase transitions do not exist within neutron stars, both neutron stars are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-24 Tianqi Zhao , James M. Lattimer

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

The anisotropy of pressure arises due to the various complex phenomena that happen inside the neutron star (NS). In this study, we calculate the degree of anisotropy inside the NS using the scalar pressure anisotropy model. Macroscopic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-06 H. C. Das , Jeet Amrit Pattnaik , S. K. Patra