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Considering the non-Newtonian gravity proposed in the grand unification theories, we show that the stability and observed global properties of neutron stars can not rule out the super-soft nuclear symmetry energies at supra-saturation…

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The equation of state (EoS) of the neutron star (NS) matter remains an enigma. In this work we perform the Bayesian parameter inference with the gravitational wave data (GW170817) and mass-radius observations of some NSs (PSR J0030+0451,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-23 Shao-Peng Tang , Jin-Liang Jiang , Wei-Hong Gao , Yi-Zhong Fan , Da-Ming Wei

The equation of state (EoS) of hot and dense matter is a fundamental input to describe static and dynamical properties of neutron stars, core-collapse supernovae and binary compact-star mergers. We review the current status of the EoS for…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-03-06 G. Fiorella Burgio , Anthea F. Fantina

We study current bounds on strong first-order phase transitions (PTs) along the equation of state (EOS) of dense strongly interacting matter in neutron stars, under the simplifying assumption that on either side of the PT the EOS can be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-31 Tyler Gorda , Kai Hebeler , Aleksi Kurkela , Achim Schwenk , Aleksi Vuorinen

We develop an analytic method of inverting the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) relations to high accuracy. In principle, a specified $\mathcal{E}\mbox{-}P$ relation gives a unique $M\mbox{-}R$ relation, and vice-versa. Our method is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-28 Boyang Sun , James M. Lattimer

We propose a universal approximation of the equation of state of superdense matter in neutron star (NS) interiors. It contains only two parameters, the pressure and the density at the center of the maximally massive neutron star. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-27 D. D. Ofengeim , P. S. Shternin , T. Piran

Understanding the equation of state (EOS) of cold nuclear matter, namely, the relation between the pressure and energy density, is a central goal of nuclear physics that cuts across a variety of disciplines. Indeed, the limits of nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-06-12 J. Piekarewicz

The Equation of State (EoS) of strongly interacting cold and hot ultra-dense QCD matter remains a major challenge in the field of nuclear astrophysics. With the advancements in measurements of neutron star masses, radii, and tidal…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-09-05 Shriya Soma , Lingxiao Wang , Shuzhe Shi , Horst Stöcker , Kai Zhou

Simultaneous measurement of mass and radius with high precision is essential to unravel the equation of state of matter at the centre of neutron stars. Measurement of massive pulsars indicates that the equation of state has to be stiff at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-19 Asim Kumar Saha , Ritam Mallick

We present an overview of microscopical calculations of the Equation of State (EOS) of neutron matter performed using Quantum Monte Carlo techniques. We focus to the role of the model of the three-neutron force in the high-density part of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 Stefano Gandolfi

We study implications of the very recently reported mass $M=2.17^{+0.11}_{-0.10}$M$_\odot$ of PSR~J0740+6620 on the Equation of State (EOS) of super-dense neutron-rich nuclear matter with respect to existing constraints on the EOS based on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-07-12 Nai-Bo Zhang , Bao-An Li

We construct a physics-agnostic approach to the neutron star (NS) equation of state (EoS) based on a sound speed model, which connects both low-density information from nuclear theory and high-density constraints from perturbative QCD…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-08-22 Rahul Somasundaram , Ingo Tews , Jérôme Margueron

Perturbative quantum chromodynamics (pQCD), while valid only at densities exceeding those found in the cores of neutron stars, could provide constraints on the dense-matter equation of state (EOS). In this work, we examine the impact of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-11-17 Eliot Finch , Isaac Legred , Katerina Chatziioannou , Reed Essick , Sophia Han , Philippe Landry

We present sets of equation of state (EOS) of nuclear matter including hyperons using an SU_f(3) extended relativistic mean field (RMF) model with a wide coverage of density, temperature, and charge fraction for numerical simulations of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Ishizuka , A. Ohnishi , K. Tsubakihara , K. Sumiyoshi , S. Yamada

The EOS of strongly interacting matter at densities ten to fifteen orders of magnitude larger than the typical density of terrestrial macroscopic objects determines a number of neutron star properties, including the pattern of gravitational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Omar Benhar

Neutron stars (NSs) are excellent laboratories for testing gravity theories as they are strongly self-gravitating bodies and have rich observational phenomena. However, strong-field gravity effects in NS could be degenerate with their…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-25 Zexin Hu , Yong Gao , Lijing Shao

The nuclear mean-field potentials obtained in the Hartree-Fock method with different choices of the in-medium nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction have been used to study the equation of state (EOS) of the neutron star (NS) matter. The EOS of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-08-02 Doan Thi Loan , Ngo Hai Tan , Dao T. Khoa , Jerome Margueron

The stellar compactness, that is, the dimensionless ratio between the mass and radius of a compact star, $\mathcal{C} := M/R$, plays a fundamental role in characterising the gravitational and nuclear-physics aspects of neutron stars. Yet,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-21 Luciano Rezzolla , Christian Ecker

Driven by recent laboratory experiments and astronomical observations, significant advances have deepened our understanding of neutron-star physics. NICER's Pulse Profile Modeling has refined our knowledge of neutron star masses and radii,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-11-07 Marc Salinas , Jorge Piekarewicz

The formulation of quarkyonic matter consists of treating both quarks and nucleons as quasi-particles, where a cross-over transition occurs between the two phases. This work is based upon some of the early ideas of quark matter. It can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-07 D. Dey , Jeet Amrit Pattnaik , H. C. Das , A. Kumar , R. N. Panda , S. K. Patra