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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…

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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

Interpreting high-energy, astrophysical phenomena, such as supernova explosions or neutron-star collisions, requires a robust understanding of matter at supranuclear densities. However, our knowledge about dense matter explored in the cores…

Nuclear collisions can compress nuclear matter to densities achieved within neutron stars and within core-collapse supernovae. These dense states of matter exist momentarily before expanding. We analyzed the flow of matter to extract…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Danielewicz , R. Lacey , W. G. Lynch

A novel equation of state used for analysis of the heavy ion collision experimental data is generalized to also describe the matter inside neutron stars. This approach differs from others by including an induced surface tension caused by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-20 V. Sagun , I. Lopes , A. Ivanytskyi

It is of great interest to understand the equation of state (EOS) of the neutron star (NS), whose core includes highly dense matter. However, there are large uncertainties in the theoretical predictions for the EOS of NS. It is useful to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-07-05 Wenjie Zhou , Jinniu Hu , Ying Zhang , Hong Shen

The equation of state (EOS) of dense nuclear matter is a key factor to determine the internal structure and properties of neutron stars. However, the EOS of high-density nuclear matter has great uncertainty mainly because the terrestrial…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-12-27 Zehan Wu , Dehua Wen

We propose a universal approximation of the equation of state of superdense matter in neutron star (NS) interiors. It contains only two parameters, the pressure and the density at the center of the maximally massive neutron star. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-27 D. D. Ofengeim , P. S. Shternin , T. Piran

The profile of a neutron star probes a very large range of densities, from the density of iron up to several times the density of saturated nuclear matter, and thus no theory of hadrons can be considered reliable if extended to those…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-05-20 Francesca Sammarruca , Tomiwa Ajagbonna

The unknown state of matter at ultra-high density, large proton/neutron number asymmetry, and low temperature is a major long-standing problem in modern physics. Neutron stars provide the only known setting in the Universe where matter in…

In recent years, researchers have become increasingly interested in understanding how dark matter affects neutron stars, helping them to better understand complex astrophysical phenomena. In this paper, we delve deeper into this problem by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-17 Prashant Thakur , Tuhin Malik , T. K. Jha

We present a neural network classification model for detecting the presence of hyperonic degrees of freedom in neutron stars. The models take radii and/or tidal deformabilities as input and give the probability for the presence of hyperons…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-01-23 Valéria Carvalho , Márcio Ferreira , Constança Providência

We have conducted an extensive study using a diverse set of equations of state (EoSs) to uncover strong relationships between neutron star (NS) observables and the underlying EoS parameters using symbolic regression method. These EoS…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-17 N. K. Patra , Tuhin Malik , Helena Pais , Kai Zhou , B. K. Agrawal , Constança Providência

Neutron star matter spans a wide range of densities, from that of nuclei at the surface to exceeding several times normal nuclear matter density in the core. While terrestrial experiments, such as nuclear or heavy-ion collision experiments,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-19 Suprovo Ghosh , Debarati Chatterjee , Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich

The nuclear matter equation of state is relatively well constrained at sub-saturation densities thanks to the knowledge from nuclear physics. However, studying its behavior at supra-saturation densities is a challenging task. Fortunately,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-02-17 Hoa Dinh Thi , Chiranjib Mondal , Francesca Gulminelli

Relations between stellar properties independent of the nuclear equation of state offer profound insights into neutron star physics and have practical applications in data analysis. Commonly, these relations are derived from utilizing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-10 Grigorios Papigkiotis , Georgios Vardakas , Nikolaos Stergioulas

Depending on the density reached in the cores of neutron stars, such objects may contain stable phases of novel matter found nowhere else in the Universe. This article gives a brief overview of these phases of matter and discusses…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 David Blaschke , Thomas Klaehn , Fridolin Weber

With central densities way above the density of atomic nuclei, neutron stars contain matter in one of the densest forms found in the universe. Depending of the density reached in the cores of neutron stars, they may contain stable phases of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-06 Fridolin Weber , Matthew Meixner , Rodrigo P. Negreiros , Manuel Malheiro

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

As some of the most compact stellar objects in the universe, neutron stars are unique cosmic laboratories. The study of neutron stars provides an ideal theoretical testbed for investigating both physics at supra-nuclear densities as well as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-29 Grigorios Papigkiotis , George Pappas