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A Bayesian method is used in this extensive work to generate a large set of minimally constrained equations of state (EOSs) for matters in neutron stars (NS). These EOSs are analyzed for their correlations with key NS properties, such as…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-04-29 N. K. Patra

Dark matter admixed neutron stars provide a promising avenue for observationally probing the dark matter characteristic. In this study, we examine non-radial oscillations in neutron stars containing self-interacting dark matter, which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-24 Hajime Sotani , Ankit Kumar

The presence of Dark matter (DM) within a neutron star (NS) can substantially influence the macroscopic properties. It is commonly assumed that the pressure inside an NS is isotropic, but in reality, pressure is locally anisotropic. This…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-12 Premachand Mahapatra , Chiranjeeb Singha , Ayush Hazarika , Prasanta Kumar Das

If dark matter (DM) accumulates inside neutron stars (NS), it changes their internal structure and causes a shift of the tidal deformability from the value predicted by the dense-matter equation of state (EOS). In principle, this shift…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-25 Hauke Koehn , Edoardo Giangrandi , Nina Kunert , Rahul Somasundaram , Violetta Sagun , Tim Dietrich

The equation of state (EOS) of dense matter in neutron stars (NSs) remains uncertain, particularly at supra-nuclear densities where complex nuclear interactions and the potential presence of exotic matter, like hyperons, come into play. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-01-13 N. K. Patra , Tuhin Malik , Kai Zhou , Constança Providência

The high densities of neutron stars (NSs) could provide astrophysical locations for dark matter (DM) to accumulate. Depending on the DM model, these DM admixed NSs (DANSs) could have significantly different properties than pure baryonic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-30 Shafayat Shawqi , Sharon M. Morsink

We examine the influence of the density dependence of the symmetry energy on several properties of neutron stars. In particular, we study the constraints set on the nuclear matter equation of state by the values of the tidal deformability…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-04 Constança Providência

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 find that a class of models of MeV-GeV dark matter in which dark matter interacts strongly can be constrained by the observation of gravitational waves from neutron star mergers. Trace amounts of dark matter, either produced during the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-07-10 Ann Nelson , Sanjay Reddy , Dake Zhou

We study axial quasi-normal modes of admixed neutron stars composed of ordinary nuclear matter and a self-interacting bosonic dark matter component. The equilibrium configurations are obtained by solving the coupled two-fluid…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-12 Hamza Boumaza , Boris Betancourt Kamenetskaia

In this work we investigate the tidal deformability of a neutron star admixed with dark matter, modeled as a massive, self-interacting, complex scalar field. We derive the equations to compute the tidal deformability of the full…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-25 Robin Fynn Diedrichs , Niklas Becker , Cédric Jockel , Jan-Erik Christian , Laura Sagunski , Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich

We perform a comparative Bayesian analysis of fermionic and bosonic dark matter admixed neutron stars (DMANS) by incorporating a comprehensive set of theoretical, experimental, and astrophysical constraints. The hadronic matter equation of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-06 Payaswinee Arvikar , Sakshi Gautam , Anagh Venneti , Sarmistha Banik

The impact of energy exchange among the relevant fluid components: baryonic matter, fermionic dark matter (DM), and dark energy (DE) on the internal structure of neutron stars is investigated. Using a representative DM mass $m_{\chi} = 10$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-23 L. F. Araujo , G. Lugones , J. A. S. Lima

The potential role of a cosmic vacuum dark component in the properties of neutron stars is investigated. It is assumed that the static, spherically symmetric distribution of matter within neutron stars is supported by two distinct…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-08-05 L. F. Araujo , J. A. S. Lima , G. Lugones

In this work, we explore the possible scenario of strange stars admixed with fermionic or bosonic dark matter. For the description of the ``visible'' sector, we use a specific phenomenological quark model that takes into account in-medium…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-29 Isabella Marzola , Everson H. Rodrigues , Anderson F. Coelho , Odilon Lourenço

The effect of dark matter (DM) on $f$-mode oscillations in DM admixed neutron stars (NSs) is investigated in a comprehensive analysis with particular attention to the role of the nuclear equation of state. Hadronic matter is modeled by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-23 Swarnim Shirke , Bikram Keshari Pradhan , Debarati Chatterjee , Laura Sagunski , Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich

The equation of state of dense matter determines the structure of neutron stars, their typical radii, and maximum masses. Recent improvements in theoretical modeling of nuclear forces from the low-energy effective field theory of QCD has…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-09-04 Jeremy W. Holt , Yeunhwan Lim

{We present a study of neutron star models that contain dark matter (DM) in the core. The DM is assumed to have a particle nature and to be self-interacting. Using constraints on the mass and radius of neutron stars, we investigate the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-17 Wasif Husain , Anthony W. Thomas

We investigate the effects of dark scalar- and vector-mediated interactions on dark matter admixed neutron stars, employing the two-fluid formalism. We adopt three different nuclear equations of state -- BSk22, MPA1 and APR4 -- to describe…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-06 Francesco Grippa , Gaetano Lambiase , Tanmay Kumar Poddar

We investigate the effects of dark matter (DM) on neutron star (NS) properties using the neutron decay anomaly model within the relativistic mean-field (RMF) framework. Three nucleonic models (HCD0-HCD2) are developed, satisfying…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-15 H. C. Das , G. F. Burgio