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Neutrinos are copiously emitted by neutron star mergers, due to the high temperatures reached by dense matter during the merger and its aftermath. Neutrinos influence the merger dynamics and shape the properties of the ejecta, including the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-30 Marco Cusinato , Federico Maria Guercilena , Albino Perego , Domenico Logoteta , David Radice , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Stefano Ansoldi

Binary neutron star mergers probe the dense-matter equation of state (EoS) across a wide range of densities and temperatures, from the cold conditions of the inspiral to the high-temperature matter of the massive neutron star remnant. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-26 Carolyn A. Raithel , Vasileios Paschalidis

We present the self-consistent, non-perturbative analysis of isospin mixing using the nuclear density functional approach and the rediagonalization of the Coulomb interaction in the good-isospin basis. The largest isospin-breaking effects…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-09-02 W. Satula , J. Dobaczewski , W. Nazarewicz , M. Rafalski

We study the dynamical behavior of a square lattice Ising model with exchange and dipolar interactions by means of Monte Carlo simulations. After a sudden quench to low temperatures we find that the system may undergo a coarsening process…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-09-02 S. A. Cannas , M. F. Michelon , D. A. Stariolo , F. A. Tamarit

We have studied the influences of isospin symmetry breaking of nucleon-nucleon interaction on the various properties of asymmetrical nuclear matter and $\beta$-stable matter. For asymmetrical nuclear matter, it is found that by including…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 G. H. Bordbar

In nuclear matter in isolated neutron stars, the flavor content (e.g., proton fraction) is subject to weak interactions, establishing flavor ($\beta$-)equilibrium. However, there can be deviations from this equilibrium during the merger of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-04 Elias R. Most , Alexander Haber , Steven P. Harris , Ziyuan Zhang , Mark G. Alford , Jorge Noronha

Based on the accurately calibrated interaction FSUGold, we show that including isovector scalar $\delta$ meson and its coupling to isoscalar scalar $\sigma$ meson in the relativistic mean field (RMF) model can soften the symmetry energy…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-05-25 Fan Li , Bao-Jun Cai , Ying Zhou , Wei-Zhou Jiang , Lie-Wen Chen

We present a first exploration of the results of neutron star-black hole mergers using black hole masses in the most likely range of $7M_\odot-10M_\odot$, a neutrino leakage scheme, and a modeling of the neutron star material through a…

We examine bulk viscosity, taking into account trapped neutrinos in baryonic matter, in the context of binary neutron star mergers. Following the merging event, the binary star can yield a remnant compact object with densities up to $5$…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-09-25 Sreemoyee Sarkar , Rana Nandi

The formation of the chemical composition of neutron star envelopes, at high densities is considered. As hot matter is compressed in the process of collapse, which leads to the explosion of a core collapse supernova, the stage of nuclear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-14 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan

The specific viscosity of neutron-rich nuclear matter is studied from the relaxation time approach using an isospin- and momentum-dependent interaction and the nucleon-nucleon cross sections taken as those from the experimental data…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-12-06 Jun Xu

Isospin-equilibrating weak processes, called ``Urca" processes, are of fundamental importance in astrophysical environments like (proto-)neutron stars, neutron star mergers, and supernovae. In these environments, matter can reach high…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-18 Pranjal Tambe , Debarati Chatterjee , Mark Alford , Alexander Haber

Using the equation of state of asymmetric nuclear matter that has been recently constrained by the isospin diffusion data from intermediate-energy heavy ion collisions, we have studied the transition density and pressure at the inner edge…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-12-01 Lie-Wen Chen , Bao-An Li , Hong-Ru Ma , Jun Xu

We study the neutron-proton pairing in nuclear matter as a function of isospin asymmetry at finite temperatures and the saturation density using realistic nuclear forces and Brueckner-renormalized single particle spectra. Our computation of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-06 Armen Sedrakian , Umberto Lombardo

Explicit relations between the isospin mixing probability, the spreading width $\Gamma_{IAS}^{\downarrow}$ of the Isobaric Analog State (IAS) and the statistical decay width $\Gamma_c$ of the compound nucleus at finite excitation energy,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Sagawa , P. F. Bortignon , G. Colo`

The remnant resulting from the merger of two neutron stars produces neutrinos in copious amounts. In this paper we present the neutrino emission results obtained via Newtonian, high-resolution simulations of the coalescence event. These…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-18 S. Rosswog , M. Liebendoerfer

With an isospin- and momentum-dependent transport model, we find that the degree of isospin diffusion in heavy ion collisions at intermediate energies is affected by both the stiffness of the nuclear symmetry energy and the momentum…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Lie-Wen Chen , Che Ming Ko , Bao-An Li

Within an isospin and momentum dependent transport model, the dynamics of isospin particles (nucleons and light clusters) in Fermi-energy heavy-ion collisions are investigated for constraining the isospin splitting of nucleon effective mass…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-09-15 Ya-Fei Guo , Peng-Hui Chen , Fei Niu , Hong-Fei Zhang , Gen-Ming Jin , Zhao-Qing Feng

Stars bound to a supermassive black hole interact gravitationally. Persistent torques acting between stellar orbits lead to the rapid resonant relaxation of the orbital orientation vectors ("vector" resonant relaxation) and slower…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Bence Kocsis , Scott Tremaine

In this work we provide a new, well-controlled expansion of the equation of state of dense matter from zero to finite temperatures ($T$) while covering a wide range of charge fractions ($Y_Q$), from pure neutron to isospin symmetric nuclear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-06 Debora Mroczek , Nanxi Yao , Katherine Zine , Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler , Liam Brodie , Veronica Dexheimer , Alexander Haber , Elias R. Most