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A unified description of finite nuclei and equation of state of neutron stars present a major challenge as well as opportunities for understandings of nuclear interactions.Inspired by the Lee-Huang-Yang formula of hard-sphere gases, we…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-07-07 C. J. Jiang , Y. Qiang , D. W. Guan , Q. Z. Chai , C. Y. Qiao , J. C. Pei

The composition and properties of infinite nuclear matter under extreme conditions of temperature and pressure remain incompletely understood. In this work, we constrain the equation of state (EoS) of nuclear matter - constructed within the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-11-04 Rahul Kumar , Prasanta Char , Rana Nandi

The properties of nuclear matter and the structures of neutron stars are analyzed with a baryonic extended linear sigma model in mean-field approximation, where the masses of baryons and mesons are generated via the spontaneous chiral…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-20 Yao Ma

This paper presents a detailed assessment of the ability of the 240 Skyrme interaction parameter sets in the literature to satisfy a series of criteria derived from macroscopic properties of nuclear matter in the vicinity of nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-06-26 M. Dutra , O. Lourenço , J. S. Sá Martins , A. Delfino , J. R. Stone , P. D. Stevenson

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

The agreement of the nuclear equation of state (EoS) deduced from the GW170817 based tidal deformability with the one obtained from empirical data on microscopic nuclei is examined. It is found that suitably chosen experimental data on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-05-29 Tuhin Malik , B. K. Agrawal , J. N. De , S. K. Samaddar , C. Providência , C. Mondal , T. K. Jha

A set of hadronic equations of state (EoSs) derived from relativistic density functional theory and constrained by terrestrial experiments, astrophysical observations, in particular by the GW170817 event, and chiral effective field theory…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-31 Jia Jie Li , Armen Sedrakian

We present a systematic survey the range of predictions of the neutron star inner crust composition, crust-core transition densities and pressures, and density range of the nuclear `pasta' phases at the bottom of the crust provided by the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 W. G. Newton , M. Gearheart , Bao-An Li

In numerical simulations of core-collapse supernova and binary neutron stars mergers, information about the energetics and composition of matter is implemented via external tables covering the huge ranges of thermodynamic conditions…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-11 Adriana R. Raduta , Mikhail V. Beznogov

The constraints on tidal deformability $\Lambda$ of neutron stars are first extracted from GW170817 by LIGO and Virgo Collaborations but the relation between radius $R$ and tidal deformability $\Lambda$ is still nuder debate. Using an…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-08-26 Nai-Bo Zhang , Bin Qi , Shou-Yu Wang

We confront observational data from gravitational wave event GW170817 with microscopic modeling of the cold neutron star equation of state. We develop and employ a Bayesian statistical framework that enables us to implement constraints on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-08-15 Yeunhwan Lim , Jeremy W. Holt

We explore the density variation of the correlation coefficient of the key parameters of the nuclear equation of state (EoS) with the bulk and crustal properties of neutron stars. The analysis was performed using two diverse sets of nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-06-26 Naosad Alam , Subrata Pal

Neutron star merger event GW170817 sets an upper limit on the maximum mass of non-rotating neutron stars. Consequently, this event puts strong constraints on the dense matter equation of state (EoS). A comparative study of dense matter…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-29 Sarmistha Banik , Debades Bandyopadhyay

From the very first multimessenger event of GW170817, clean robust constraints can be obtained for the tidal deformabilities of the two stars involved in the merger, which provides us unique opportunity to study the equation of states…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-07-23 Ang Li , Zhen-Yu Zhu

We introduce a new, powerful method to constrain properties of neutron stars (NSs). We show that the total mass of GW170817 provides a reliable constraint on the stellar radius if the merger did not result in a prompt collapse as suggested…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-13 Andreas Bauswein , Oliver Just , Hans-Thomas Janka , Nikolaos Stergioulas

What can we learn about the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy $E_{\rm{sym}}(\rho )$ from precise measurements of the radius ($R_{\rm{1.4}}$) and/or tidal polarizability ($\Lambda_{1.4}$) of canonical neutron stars (NSs) with a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-28 Nai-Bo Zhang , Bao-An Li

New observational data of neutron stars since GW170817 have helped improve our knowledge about nuclear symmetry energy especially at high densities. We have learned particularly: (1) The slope parameter $L$ of nuclear symmetry energy at…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-06-08 Bao-An Li , Bao-Jun Cai , Wen-Jie Xie , Nai-Bo Zhang

We present an equation of state (EoS) for neutron stars using the relativistic mean-field model with isoscalar- and isovector-meson mixing. Taking into account the results of the neutron skin thickness, $R_{\rm skin}$, of $^{208}$Pb…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-09-08 Tsuyoshi Miyatsu , Myung-Ki Cheoun , Kyungsik Kim , Koichi Saito

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 impacts of various symmetry energy parameters on the properties of neutron stars (NSs) have been recently investigated, and the outcomes are at variance, as summarized in Table III of Phys. Rev. D 106, 063005 (2022). We have…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-05-19 N. K. Patra , Anagh Venneti , Sk Md Adil Imam , Arunava Mukherjee , B. K. Agrawal