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Hyperons are essential constituents in the neutron star interior. The poorly-known hyperonic interaction is a source of uncertainty for studying laboratory hypernuclei and neutron star observations. In this work, we perform Bayesian…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-13 Xiangdong Sun , Zhiqiang Miao , Baoyuan Sun , Ang Li

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

Superfluidity of $\Lambda$ and $\Sigma^-$ admixed in neutron star (NS) cores is investigated realistically for hyperon ($Y$)-mixed NS models obtained using a $G$-matrix-based effective interaction approach. Numerical results for the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Tatsuyuki Takatsuka , Shigeru Nishizaki , Yasuo Yamamoto , Ryozo Tamagaki

We study the $^1S_0$ superfluidity of $\Lambda$ hyperons in neutron star matter and neutron stars. We use the relativistic mean field (RMF) theory to calculate the properties of neutron star matter. In the RMF approach, the meson-hyperon…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Y. N. Wang , H. Shen

Bulk properties of cold and hot neutron stars (NSs) are studied on the basis of the hadron-quark crossover picture where a smooth transition from the hadronic phase to the quark phase takes place at finite baryon density. By using a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-04-20 Kota Masuda , Tetsuo Hatsuda , Tatsuyuki Takatsuka

We construct the equation of state of hypernuclear matter and study the structure of neutron stars employing a chiral hyperon-nucleon interaction of the J\"{u}lich--Bonn group tuned to femtoscopic $\Lambda p$ data of the ALICE…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-18 I. Vidana , V. Mantovani Sarti , J. Haidenbauer , D. L. Mihaylov , L. Fabbietti

We investigate constraints on the high-density equation of state (EOS) of neutron star matter by analyzing the probability distributions of the endpoints of mass-radius M(R) sequences within a Bayesian weighting framework. Starting from two…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-04 Gábor Kasza , György Wolf

The breaking of SU(6) symmetry to a more general flavor SU(3) symmetry could serve as a potential explanation for the "hyperon puzzle" of neutron stars by adjusting the hyperon potentials. Specifically, when the soft relativistic mean-field…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-04-25 Si-Na Wei , Zhao-Qing Feng , Wei-Zhou Jiang

A major source of uncertainty in modeling the strangeness-rich interiors of neutron stars arises from the poorly constrained two-body and three-body interactions among hyperons and nucleons. We perform a comprehensive Bayesian analysis of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-28 X. D. Sun , S. C. Han , J. N. Hu , A. Li

Ab initio methods using weakly interacting nucleons give a good description of condensed nuclear matter up to densities comparable to the nuclear saturation density. At higher densities palpable strong interactions between overlapping…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-04-14 Niko Jokela , Matti Jarvinen , Govert Nijs , Jere Remes

Numerous models of neutron star (NS) equation of state (EoS) exist based on different superdense-matter physics approaches. Nevertheless, some NS properties show universal (EoS-independent) relations. Here, we propose a novel class of such…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-02 Dmitry D. Ofengeim , Peter S. Shternin , Tsvi Piran

We investigate the equation of state (EOS) of hyperonic neutron star (NS) matter within a density-dependent relativistic mean-field (DDRMF) framework. The effects of scalar, vector, and mixed density dependencies in meson-baryon couplings…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-11-04 Aprajita Shrivastava , Prasanta Char , Sakshi Gautam , Sarmistha Banik

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

Context. The presence of dark matter in neutron stars is of growing interest due to its potential impact on the structure and observable properties of these objects. Among the various candidates, the hypothetical sexaquark has emerged as a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-18 Mahboubeh Shahrbaf , Davood Rafiei Karkevandi , Alexander Ayriyan , Stefan Typel

(Abridged) The recent measurement of the mass of two $2\, M_\odot$ pulsars has raised the question whether such large masses allow for the existence of exotic degrees of freedom, such as hyperons, inside neutron stars. In the present work…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-06-21 M. Fortin , S. S. Avancini , C. Providência , I. Vidaña

On the basis of the percolation picture from the hadronic phase with hyperons to the quark phase with strangeness, we construct a new equation of state (EOS) with the pressure interpolated as a function of the baryon density. The maximum…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-06-21 Kota Masuda , Tetsuo Hatsuda , Tatsuyuki Takatsuka

The hadron--quark crossover equation of state (EOS) of neutron star (NS) matter is investigated by combining relativistic mean-field (RMF) hadronic models with the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model for quark matter. The vector and diquark…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-13 Xuesong Geng , Kaixuan Huang , Hong Shen , Lei Li , Jinniu Hu

A novel equation of state with the surface tension induced by particles' interactions was generalized to describe the properties of the neutron stars (NSs). In this equation the interaction between particles occurs via the hard core…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-19 Violetta V. Sagun , Ilidio Lopes

In this work, we investigate the neutron star structure in conservative $f(R, T)$ gravity with $f(R, T)=R+\lambda T$, where $\lambda$ denotes the matter--geometry coupling. The modified stellar structure equations are solved using realistic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-27 Premachand Mahapatra , Prasanta Kumar Das

While the equation of state (EOS) of symmetric nuclear matter (SNM) at suprasaturation densities has been relatively well constrained from heavy-ion collisions, the EOS of high-density neutron-rich matter is still largely uncertain due to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-06-12 Ying Zhou , Lie-Wen Chen , Zhen Zhang