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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…

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Recent multi-channel astrophysics observations and the soon-to-be published new measured electromagnetic and gravitation data provide information on the inner structure of the compact stars. These macroscopic observations can significantly…

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The proper understanding of the equation of state (EoS) of highly asymmetric nuclear matter is essential when studying systems such as neutron stars (NSs). Using zero-range Skyrme interactions and finite-range interactions such as Gogny…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-03-03 Claudia Gonzalez-Boquera

The sensitivity of nuclear symmetry energy elements at the saturation density to the binding energies of ultra neutron-rich nuclei (neutron to proton ratio $\sim$ 2) and the maximum mass of neutron star is explored within a relativistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-06-03 C. Mondal , B. K. Agrawal , J. N. De , S. K. Samaddar

The nuclear symmetry energy is intimately connected with nuclear astrophysics. This contribution focuses on the estimation of the symmetry energy from experiment and how it is related to the structure of neutron stars. The most important…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-03-06 James M. Lattimer , Andrew W. Steiner

Nuclear saturation and the symmetry energy are key properties of low-energy nuclear physics that depend on fine details of the nuclear interaction. The equation-of-state around saturation is also an important anchor for extrapolations to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-06-18 W. G. Jiang , C. Forssén , T. Djärv , G. Hagen

Infinite nuclear matter is a suitable laboratory to learn about nuclear forces in many-body systems. Modern theoretical predictions of neutron-rich matter are particularly timely in view of recent and planned measurements of observables…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-01-18 Francesca Sammarruca

We explore supervised machine learning methods in extracting the non-linear maps between neutron stars (NS) observables and the equation of state (EoS) of nuclear matter. Using a Taylor expansion around saturation density, we have generated…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-07-22 Márcio Ferreira , Constança Providência

The symmetry energy of nuclear matter is a fundamental ingredient in the investigation of exotic nuclei, heavy-ion collisions and astrophysical phenomena. New data from heavy-ion collisions can be used to extract the free symmetry energy…

In this study, my main goal is to examine the nuclear matter properties across a wide range of conditions, such as temperature, density, asymmetry, pressure, and magnetic field. Understanding the effect of these factors on nuclear matter is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-09-21 Vishal Parmar

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

We construct a class of nuclear equations of state based on a schematic potential model, that originates from the work of Prakash et. al. \cite{Prakash-88}, which reproduce the results of most microscopic calculations. The equations of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 V. P. Psonis , Ch. C. Moustakidis , S. E. Massen

The non-relativistic model of nuclear matter with zero-range Skyrme interactions is employed within a Bayesian approach in order to study the behavior of neutron stars (NSs) equation of state (EOS). A minimal number of constraints from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-28 Mikhail V. Beznogov , Adriana R. Raduta

The properties of high-density nuclear and neutron matter are studied using a relativistic mean-field approximation to the nuclear matter energy functional. Based on ideas of effective field theory, nonlinear interactions between the fields…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Horst Mueller , Brian D. Serot

Density dependent parametrization models of the nucleon-meson effective couplings, including the isovector scalar \delta-field, are applied to asymmetric nuclear matter. The nuclear equation of state and the neutron star properties are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 B. Liu , M. Di Toro , V. Greco , C. W. Shen , E. G. Zhao , B. X. Sun

Screening mechanisms are often deployed by dark energy models in order to conceal the effects of their new degrees of freedom from the scrutiny of terrestrial and solar system experiments. However, extreme properties of nuclear matter may…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-12-08 Bernardo F. de Aguiar , Raissa F. P. Mendes , F. T. Falciano

This paper compiles the model parameters and zero-temperature properties of an extensive collection of published theoretical nuclear interactions, including 255 non-relativistic (Skyrme-like) forces, 270 relativistic mean field (RMF) and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-05-07 Boyang Sun , Saketh Bhattiprolu , James M. Lattimer

One of the major uncertainties in the dense matter equation of state has been the nuclear symmetry energy. The density dependence of the symmetry energy is important in nuclear astrophysics, as it controls the neutronization of matter in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-07-01 James M. Lattimer , Yeunhwan Lim

We investigate the properties of isospin-symmetric nuclear matter and neutron stars in a chiral model approach adopting the SU(2) parity doublet formulation. This ansatz explicitly incorporates chiral symmetry restoration with the limit of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 V. Dexheimer , S. Schramm , D. Zschiesche

The thermal properties of asymmetric nuclear matter are investigated in a relativistic mean- field approach. We start from free space NN-interactions and derive in-medium self-energies by Dirac-Brueckner theory. By the DDRH procedure we…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-11 Andreas Fedoseew , Horst Lenske