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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 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 role of the symmetry energy and the neutron-matter stiffness on the tidal deformability of a cold nonaccreted neutron star is studied using a set of unified equations of state. Based on the nuclear energy-density functional theory,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-10-30 Loic Perot , Nicolas Chamel , Aurélien Sourie

In this work, we propose a meta-modelling technique to nuclear matter on the basis of a relativistic density functional with density-dependent couplings. Identical density dependence for the couplings both in the isoscalar and isovector…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-10-31 Prasanta Char , Chiranjib Mondal , Francesca Gulminelli , Micaela Oertel

We construct posterior distributions of the equation of state (EoS) for matter beyond the inner crust of neutron stars by incorporating finite nuclei (FN) constraints within relativistic mean field models. These constraints are implemented…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-01-21 Anagh Venneti , Sarmistha Banik , Bijay K Agrawal

We investigate the constraints on the mass and radius of neutron stars by considering the tidal deformability in the merge of neutron star binaries. In order to extract the most reliable range of uncertainty from theory, we employ models…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-02 Young-Min Kim , Yeunhwan Lim , Kyujin Kwak , Chang Ho Hyun , Chang-Hwan Lee

We investigate how the transition density \(\rho_{tr}\) affects hybrid constructions of the neutron-star equation of state (EoS) in which a nucleonic description at low densities is matched to a model-agnostic high-density extension based…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-14 N. K. Patra , Sk Md Adil Imam , Kai Zhou

Using the relativistic mean-field model with nonlinear couplings between the isoscalar and isovector mesons, we study the properties of isospin-asymmetric nuclear matter. Not only the vector mixing,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-04-18 Tsuyoshi Miyatsu , Myung-Ki Cheoun , Koichi Saito

The uncertainties in neutron star (NS) radii and crust properties due to our limited knowledge of the equation of state (EOS) are quantitatively analysed. We first demonstrate the importance of a unified microscopic description for the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 M. Fortin , C. Providencia , A. R. Raduta , F. Gulminelli , J. L Zdunik , P. Haensel , M. Bejger

Using a Bayesian approach, we combine measurements of neutron star macroscopic observables obtained by astrophysical and gravitational observations, to derive joint constraints on the equation of state (EoS) of matter at supranuclear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-09 Margherita Fasano , Tiziano Abdelsalhin , Andrea Maselli , Valeria Ferrari

Studying the properties of ultra-dense matter is one of the key goals of modern neutron star research. The measurement of the tidal deformability from the inspiral of a binary neutron star merger offers one promising method for constraining…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-26 Carolyn A. Raithel , Elias R. Most

The functional form of the nuclear symmetry energy has only been determined in a very narrow range of densities. Uncertainties concern both the low as well as the high density behaviour of this function. In this work different shapes of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-19 David Edwin Alvarez-Castillo , Sebastian Kubis

The general behavior of the nuclear equation of state (EOS), relevant for the description of neutron stars (NS), is studied within a Bayesian approach applied to a set of models based on a density dependent relativistic mean field…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-05-02 Tuhin Malik , Márcio Ferreira , B. K. Agrawal , Constança Providência

The difficulty in describing the equation of state (EoS) for nuclear matter at densities above the saturation density ($\rho_0$) has led to the emergence of a multitude of models based on different assumptions and techniques. These EoSs,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-01-17 Ameya Thete , Kinjal Banerjee , Tuhin Malik

Heavy-ion reactions especially those induced by radioactive beams provide useful information about the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy, thus the Equation of State of neutron-rich nuclear matter, relevant for many…

While the equation of state (EOS) of symmetric nuclear matter (SNM) at suprasaturation densities has been relatively well constrained from heavy-ion collisions, the EOS of high-density neutron-rich matter is still largely uncertain due to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-06-12 Ying Zhou , Lie-Wen Chen , Zhen Zhang

The radius $R_{1.4}$ of neutron stars (NSs) with a mass of 1.4 M$_{\odot}$ has been extracted consistently in many recent studies in the literature. Using representative $R_{1.4}$ data, we infer high-density nuclear symmetry energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-04 Wen-Jie Xie , Bao-An Li

We clarify how the weak-interaction-driven bulk viscosity $\zeta$ and the bulk relaxation time $\tau_\Pi$ of neutrino-transparent $npe$ matter depend on the nuclear symmetry energy. We show that, at saturation density, the equation-of-state…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-11-11 Yumu Yang , Mauricio Hippert , Enrico Speranza , Jorge Noronha

The equation of state (EoS) of neutron matter plays a decisive role to understand the neutron star properties and the gravitational waves from neutron star mergers. At sufficient densities, the appearance of hyperons generally softens the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-02-21 Hui Tong , Serdar Elhatisari , Ulf-G. Meißner

The LIGO-Virgo collaboration ground-breaking detection of the binary neutron-star merger event, GW170817, has intensified efforts towards the understanding of the equation of state (EoS) of nuclear matter. In this letter, we compare…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-07-18 C. Y. Tsang , M. B. Tsang , P. Danielewicz , W. G. Lynch , F. J. Fattoyev