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Matter at ultra-high densities finds a physical realization inside neutron stars. One key property is their maximum mass, which has far-reaching implications for astrophysics and the equation of state of ultra dense matter. In this work, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-01 Lívia S. Rocha , Jorge E. Horvath , Lucas M. de Sá , Gustavo Y. Chinen , Lucas G. Barão , Marcio G. B. de Avellar

Exploiting a very large library of physically plausible equations of state (EOSs) containing more than $10^{7}$ members and yielding more than $10^{9}$ stellar models, we conduct a survey of the impact that a neutron-star radius measurement…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-16 Lukas R. Weih , Elias R. Most , Luciano Rezzolla

We calculate the maximum mass of neutron stars for three different equations of state (EOS) based on generalized Skyrme functionals that are simultaneously fitted to essentially all the 2003 nuclear mass data (the rms deviation is 0.58 MeV…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-12-05 N. Chamel , A. F. Fantina , J. M. Pearson , S. Goriely

We present the first astrophysical measurement of the pressure of cold matter above nuclear saturation density, based on recently determined masses and radii of three neutron stars. The pressure at higher densities are below the predictions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-12-28 Feryal Ozel , Gordon Baym , Tolga Guver

Constraints on minimum and maximum mass of ordinary neutron stars are imposed by the consideration of their early evolution (protoneutron star stage). Calculations are performed for a realistic standard model of hot, dense matter (Lattimer…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Gondek , P. Haensel , J. L. Zdunik

The macroscopic model is formulated for a neutron star (NS) as a perfect liquid drop at the equilibrium. We use the leptodermic approximation $a/R\ll 1$, where $a$ is the crust thickness of the effective NS surface (ES), and $R$ is the mean…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-08-07 A. G. Magner , S. P. Maydanyuk , A. Bonasera , H. Zheng , T. Depastas , A. I. Levon , U. V. Grygoriev

Employing a recently proposed metamodeling for the nucleonic matter equation of state we analyze neutron star global properties such as masses, radii, momentum of inertia, and others. The impact of the uncertainty on empirical parameters on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-03-07 J. Margueron , R. Hoffmann Casali , F. Gulminelli

Neutron stars are discussed as laboratories of physics of strong gravitational fields. The mass of a neutron star is split into matter energy and gravitational field energy contributions. The energy of the gravitational field of neutron…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Dyrda , B. Kinasiewicz , M. Kutschera , A. Szmaglinski

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

Neutron stars provide a natural laboratory for studying the properties of dense nuclear matter under extreme conditions. In this proceeding, we review our current understanding of dense isospin symmetric and asymmetric matter and neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-01 Rajesh Kumar , Veronica Dexheimer , Johannes Jahan

The maximum mass of a neutron star is generally determined by the equation of state of the star material. In this study, we take into account dark matter particles, assumed to behave like fermions with a free parameter to account for the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-21 Ang Li , Feng Huang , Ren-Xin Xu

Using a phenomenological form of the equation of state of neutron matter near the saturation density which has been previously demonstrated to be a good characterization of quantum Monte Carlo simulations, we show that currently available…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-02-27 A. W. Steiner , S. Gandolfi

We study the implications of asymmetric dark matter on neutron stars. we construct a "mixed neutron star" model composed of ordinary baryons and of asymmetric dark matter baryons. We derive the general relativistic structure equations for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-08 Itzhak Goldman

We show that the maximum and the minimum mass of merging neutron stars can be estimated with upcoming gravitational wave observations. We simulate populations of binary neutron star signals and model their mass distribution including upper…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-30 Katerina Chatziioannou , Will M. Farr

Neutron stars exhibit magnetic fields and densities far beyond those achievable in terrestrial laboratories, offering a natural probe of strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions. Using observationally anchored mass-radius…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-13 Abriana Lyda , Prajwal MohanMurthy

Radio observations of neutron star binary pulsar systems have constrained strongly the masses of eight neutron stars. Assuming neutron star masses are uniformly distributed between lower and upper bounds $m_l$ and $m_u$, the observations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-23 L. S. Finn

In this work we calculate the total mass, radius, moment of inertia, and surface gravitational redshift for neutron stars using various equations of state (EOS). Modern meson-exchange potential models are used to evaluate the $G$-matrix for…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 L. Engvik , G. Bao , M. Hjorth-Jensen , E. Osnes , E. Oestaard

One of the key ingredients to understand the properties of neutrons stars is the equation of state at finite densities far beyond nuclear saturation. Investigating the phase structure of quark matter that might be realized in the core of NS…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-03-04 T. Klahn , C. D. Roberts , D. B. Blaschke , F. Sandin

I have demonstrated the existence of a tight correlation between the mass, radius, central density, and pressure of maximum-mass neutron stars modeled using diverse baryonic equations of state. A possible explanation for these correlations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-22 D. D. Ofengeim

Chiral Lagrangian and quark-meson coupling models of hyperon matter are used to estimate the maximum mass of neutron stars. Our relativistic calculations include, for the first time, both Hartree and Fock contributions in a consistent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-03-05 Elisabeth Massot , Jérôme Margueron , G. Chanfray