English
Related papers

Related papers: Covariant Energy Density Functionals for Neutron S…

200 papers

Within the parameter space of equation of state (EOS) of dense neutron-rich matter limited by existing constraints mainly from terrestrial nuclear experiments, we investigate how the neutron star maximum mass $M_{\rm{max}}>2.01\pm0.04$…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-05-30 Nai-Bo Zhang , Bao-An Li , Jun Xu

We perform a Bayesian inference of the dense-matter equation of state (EOS) within a unified framework that incorporates hadronic matter, quark matter, and a smooth hadron-to-quark crossover. The EOS is constrained using physical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-11 Xavier Grundler , Bao-An Li

Through continuous progress in nuclear theory and experiment and an increasing number of neutron-star observations, a multitude of information about the equation of state (EOS) for matter at extreme densities is available. To constrain the…

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

A new scheme for testing the nuclear matter (NM) equation of state (EoS) at high densities using constraints from compact star (CS) phenomenology is applied to neutron stars with a core of deconfined quark matter (QM). An acceptable EoS…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Grigorian , D. Blaschke , T. Klaehn

Using an explicitly isospin-dependent parametric Equation of State (EOS) for the core of neutron stars (NSs) within the Bayesian statistical approach, we infer the EOS parameters of super-dense neutron-rich nuclear matter from three sets of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-07 Wen-Jie Xie , Bao-An Li

We have attempted to mitigate the challenge of connecting the neutron star (NS) properties with the nuclear matter parameters that describe equations of state (EoSs). The efforts to correlate various neutron star properties with individual…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-12-13 N. K. Patra , Prafulla Saxena , B. K. Agrawal , T. K. Jha

Measurements of neutron star mass and radius or tidal deformability deliver unique insight into the equation of state (EOS) of cold dense matter. EOS inference is very often done using generalized parametric or non-parametric models which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-25 Chun Huang , Geert Raaijmakers , Anna L. Watts , Laura Tolos , Constança Providência

We develop a density-dependent quark mean-field (DDQMF) model to study the properties of nuclear matter and neutron stars, where the coupling strength between $\sigma$ meson and nucleon is generated by the degree of freedom of quarks, while…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-08-21 Kaixuan Huang , Jinniu Hu , Ying Zhang , Hong Shen

A new scheme for testing the nuclear matter (NM) equation of state (EoS) at high densities using constraints from compact star (CS) phenomenology is applied to neutron stars with a core of deconfined quark matter (QM). An acceptable EoS…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Grigorian , D. Blaschke , T. Klahn

Based on the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock model (SHF) as well as its extension (the Korea-IBS-Daegu-SKKU (KIDS) model) and the relativistic mean-field (RMF) model, we have studied the constraints on the parameters of the nuclear matter equation of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-05-17 Jia Zhou , Jun Xu , Panagiota Papakonstantinou

In the framework of Thomas-Fermi approximation, we study systematically the EOSs and microscopic structures of neutron star matter in a vast density range with $n_\mathrm{b}\approx 10^{-10}$-2 $\mathrm{fm}^{-3}$, where various covariant…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-08-30 Cheng-Jun Xia , Toshiki Maruyama , Ang Li , Bao Yuan Sun , Wen-Hui Long , Ying-Xun Zhang

Energy density functional (EDF) theory provides a unified framework for the description of nuclei and of infinite nuclear matter. In principle, it facilitates direct connections between nuclear data and the nuclear equation of state (EoS).…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-12-01 Panagiota Papakonstantinou

We present an updated general purpose nuclear equation of state (EoS) for use in simulations of core-collapse supernovae, neutron star mergers and black hole collapse. This EoS is formulated in the context of Density Functional Theory (DFT)…

We explore constraints on the equation of state (EOS) of neutron-rich matter based on microscopic calculations up to nuclear densities and observations of neutron stars. In a previous work we showed that predictions based on modern nuclear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-08 S. K. Greif , K. Hebeler , J. M. Lattimer , C. J. Pethick , A. Schwenk

We construct a new class of phenomenological equations of state for homogeneous matter for use in simulations of hot and dense matter in local thermodynamic equilibrium. We construct a functional form which respects experimental,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-02-20 Xingfu Du , Andrew W. Steiner , Jeremy W. Holt

The equation of state (EOS) of dense nuclear matter is a key factor to determine the internal structure and properties of neutron stars. However, the EOS of high-density nuclear matter has great uncertainty mainly because the terrestrial…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-12-27 Zehan Wu , Dehua Wen

The equation of state (EOS) for neutron stars is modeled using the Relativistic Mean Field (RMF) approach with a mesonic nonlinear (NL) interaction, a modified sigma cut potential (NL-$\sigma$ cut), and the influences of dark matter in the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-05-21 Prashant Thakur , Tuhin Malik , Arpan Das , T. K. Jha , B. K. Sharma , Constança Providência

We apply Bayesian approach to construct a large number of minimally constrained equations of state (EOSs) and study their correlations with a few selected properties of a neutron star (NS). Our set of minimal constraints includes a few…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-08-26 N. K. Patra , Sk Md Adil Imam , B. K. Agrawal , Arunava Mukherjee , Tuhin Malik

The nuclear matter parameters define the nuclear equation of state (EoS), they appear as coefficients of expansion around the saturation density of symmetric and asymmetric nuclear matter. We review their correlations with several…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-05-26 B. K. Agrawal , Tuhin Malik , J. N. De , S. K. Samaddar