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The LIGO/Virgo detection of gravitational waves originating from a neutron-star merger, GW170817, has recently provided new stringent limits on the tidal deformabilities of the stars involved in the collision. Combining this measurement…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-02 Eemeli Annala , Tyler Gorda , Aleksi Kurkela , Aleksi Vuorinen

We perform a Bayesian analysis of the maximum mass $M_{\rm TOV}$ of neutron stars with a quark core, incorporating the observational data from tidal deformability of the GW170817 binary neutron star merger as detected by LIGO/Virgo and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-25 Ang Li , Zhiqiang Miao , Sophia Han , Bing Zhang

The detection of GW170817 in gravitational waves provides unprecedented constraints on the equation of state (EOS) of the ultra-dense matter within the cores of neutron stars (NSs). We extend the nonparametric analysis first introduced in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-11 Reed Essick , Philippe Landry , Daniel E. Holz

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

We determine the threshold mass for prompt (no bounce) black hole formation in equal-mass neutron star (NS) mergers using a new set of 227 numerical relativity simulations. We consider 23 phenomenological and microphysical finite…

Multi-messenger observations of neutron star (NS) mergers have the potential to revolutionize nuclear astrophysics. They will improve our understanding of nucleosynthesis, provide insights about the equation of state (EOS) of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-06-24 I. Tews , J. Margueron , S. Reddy

Given an Equation of State (EOS) for neutron star (NS) matter, there is a unique mass-radius sequence characterized by a maximum mass $M_{\rm{NS}}^{\max}$ at radius $R_{\max}$. We first show analytically that the $M_{\rm{NS}}^{\max}$ and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-07-27 Bao-Jun Cai , Bao-An Li , Zhen Zhang

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

We investigate the neutron star (NS) equation of state (EOS) by incorporating multi-messenger data of GW170817, PSR J0030+0451, PSR J0740+6620, and state-of-the-art theoretical progresses, including the information from chiral effective…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-23 Ming-Zhe Han , Yong-Jia Huang , Shao-Peng Tang , Yi-Zhong Fan

The maximum mass of a nonrotating neutron star, $M_{\rm TOV}$, plays a very important role in deciphering the structure and composition of neutron stars and in revealing the equation of state (EOS) of nuclear matter. Although with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-04 Christian Ecker , Luciano Rezzolla

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

We investigate constraints on the high-density equation of state (EOS) of neutron star matter by analyzing the probability distributions of the endpoints of mass-radius M(R) sequences within a Bayesian weighting framework. Starting from two…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-04 Gábor Kasza , György Wolf

Neutron star (NS) is a unique astronomical compact object where the four fundamental interactions have been revealed from the observation and studied in different ways. While the macroscopic properties of NS like mass and radius can be…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-05-04 Ngo Hai Tan , Dao T. Khoa , Doan Thi Loan

Within the parameter space of equation of state (EOS) of dense neutron-rich matter limited by existing constraints mainly from terrestrial nuclear experiments, we investigate how the neutron star maximum mass $M_{\rm{max}}>2.01\pm0.04$…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-05-30 Nai-Bo Zhang , Bao-An Li , Jun Xu

At present, the only experimental access to the properties of cold, dense strongly interacting matter is provided by astrophysical observations. Neutron stars are the only known systems in the Universe that reach densities several times…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-30 Gábor Kasza , János Takátsy , György Wolf

Neutron stars (NSs) are excellent natural laboratories to constrain gravity on strong field regime and nuclear matter in extreme conditions. Motivated by the recent discovery of a compact object with $2.59^{+0.08}_{-0.09} M_\odot$ in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-07 Rafael C. Nunes , Jaziel G. Coelho , José C. N. de Araujo

Neutron-star (NS) merger simulations are conducted for 38 representative microphysical descriptions of high-density matter in order to explore the equation-of-state dependence of the postmerger ring-down phase. The formation of a deformed,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 A. Bauswein , H. -T. Janka , K. Hebeler , A. Schwenk

The very first detection of gravitational waves from a neutron star binary merger, GW170817, exceeded all expectations. The event was relatively nearby, which may point to a relatively high merger rate. It was possible to extract…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-31 Andreas Bauswein

The properties of rotating neutron stars are investigated using eight equations of state (EOSs). We also study the relations between various observables corresponding to different angular velocities for all those EOSs. All of these EoSs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-27 Bidisha Ghosh , Mehedi Kalam

Tidal deformability measures how NS can comfortably deform as a response to an applied tidal field. We use updated constraints on the mass, radius, and tidal deformability of neutron star (NS) objects and pulsars to examine nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-07-16 W. M. Seif , A. S. Hashem