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Precise and reliable measurements of the masses and radii of neutron stars with a variety of masses would provide valuable guidance for improving models of the properties of cold matter with densities above the saturation density of nuclear…

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We calculate the total mass, radius, moment of inertia and surface gravitational redshift for neutron stars using various equations of state. The latter are derived from recent meson-exchange potential models, employing both a relativistic…

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We calculate neutron star masses and radii from equations of state based on recent high-quality chiral nucleon-nucleon potentials up to fifth order of the chiral expansion and the leading chiral three- nucleon force. Our focus is on the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-02-20 Francesca Sammarruca , Randy Millerson

Observations of neutron-star mergers based on distinct messengers, including gravitational waves and electromagnetic signals, can be used to study the behavior of matter denser than an atomic nucleus, and to measure the expansion rate of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-22 Tim Dietrich , Michael W. Coughlin , Peter T. H. Pang , Mattia Bulla , Jack Heinzel , Lina Issa , Ingo Tews , Sarah Antier

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

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

We study relationships between the neutron-rich skin of a heavy nucleus and the properties of neutron-star crusts. Relativistic effective field theories with a thicker neutron skin in $^{208}$Pb have a larger electron fraction and a lower…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. J. Horowitz , J. Piekarewicz

Background: The neutron skin of a heavy nucleus as well as many neutron-star properties are highly sensitive to the poorly constrained density dependence of the symmetry energy. Purpose: To provide for the first time meaningful theoretical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-07-12 F. J. Fattoyev , J. Piekarewicz

A pure nucleonic equation of state (EoS) for beta equilibrated charge neutral neutron star (NS) matter is determined using density dependent effective NN interaction. This EoS is found to satisfy both the constraints from the observed…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-05-11 Partha Roy Chowdhury

The lowest neutron star masses currently measured are in the range $1.0-1.1~M_\odot$, but these measurement have either large uncertainties or refer to isolated neutron stars. The recent claim of a precisely measured mass $M/M_{\odot} =…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-04 Hector O. Silva , Hajime Sotani , Emanuele Berti

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

We demonstrate that the largest measured mass of a neutron star establishes an upper bound to the energy density of observable cold matter. An equation of state-independent expression satisfied by both normal neutron stars and self-bound…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 James M. Lattimer Madappa Prakash

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

Using the nuclear equation of states for a large variety of relativistic and non-relativistic force parameters, we calculate the static and rotating masses and radii of neutron stars. From these equation of states, we also evaluate the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-23 Shailesh K. Singh , S. K. Biswal , M. Bhuyan , T. K. Jha , S. K. Patra

The measurements of the bulk properties of most isolated neutron stars (INSs) are challenging tasks. Tang et al. (2020) have developed a new method, based on the equation of state (EoS) of neutron star (NS) material constrained by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-11 Chuan-Ning Luo , Shao-Peng Tang , Jing-Liang Jiang , Wei-Hong Gao , Da-Ming Wei

The properties of neutron stars are determined by the nature of the matter that they contain. These properties can be constrained by measurements of the star's size. We obtain stringent constraints on neutron-star radii by combining…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-25 Collin D. Capano , Ingo Tews , Stephanie M. Brown , Ben Margalit , Soumi De , Sumit Kumar , Duncan A. Brown , Badri Krishnan , Sanjay Reddy

Measurements of neutron star masses and radii are instrumental for determining the equation of state of their interiors, understanding the dividing line between neutron stars and black holes, and for obtaining accurate statistics of source…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Feryal Ozel , Andrew Gould , Tolga Guver

The structure of neutron stars is considered from theoretical and observational perspectives. We demonstrate an important aspect of neutron star structure: the neutron star radius is primarily determined by the behavior of the pressure of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. M. Lattimer , M. Prakash

An equation of state (EOS) of neutron star matter, describing both the neutron star crust and the liquid core, is calculated. It is based on the effective nuclear interaction SLy of the Skyrme type, which is particularly suitable for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. Douchin , P. Haensel

We calculate properties of neutron stars such as mass and radius using a relativistic Dirac-Brueckner-hartree-Fock apprach for asymmetric nuclear matter. For pure neutron matter we find the maximum mass to be 2.4 solar masses with a radius…

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