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We report on numerical results from an independent formalism to describe the quasi-equilibrium structure of nonsynchronous binary neutron stars in general relativity. This is an important independent test of controversial numerical…

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Neutron star mergers are amongst the most promising sources for the joint detection of gravitational waves and electromagnetic signals. They are also potential sites for the production of r-process elements and probes of the equation of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-29 Samantha Rath , Francois Foucart , Lawrence E. Kidder , Harald P. Pfeiffer , Mark A. Scheel

Neutron stars offer the opportunity to study the behaviour of matter at densities and temperatures inaccessible to terrestrial experiments. Gravitational-wave observations of binary neutron star coalescences can constrain the neutron-star…

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We study the bulk viscosity of neutron star matter including $\Lambda$ hyperons in the presence of quantizing magnetic fields. Relaxation time and bulk viscosity due to both the non-leptonic weak process involving $\Lambda$ hyperons and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-30 Monika Sinha , Debades Bandyopadhyay

In the inner crust of a neutron star, due to the high density and pressure, nuclei which are still present, are immersed in a neutron superfluid. One then expects that the dynamical properties of nuclei are significantly affected. In order…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Piotr Magierski , Aurel Bulgac

Recent experimental data and progress in nuclear structure modeling have lead to improved descriptions of astrophysically important weak-interaction processes. The review discusses these advances and their applications to hydrostatic solar…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 K. Langanke , G. Martinez-Pinedo

Quantum Chromodynamics predicts phase transition from hadronic matter to quark matter at high density, which is highly probable in astrophysical systems like binary neutron star mergers. To explore the critical density where such phase…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-11 Shamim Haque , Ritam Mallick , Shashikesh Kumar Thakur

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

We investigate tidal heating associated with the binary inspiral of strange quark stars and its impact on the resulting gravitational wave signal. Tidal heating during the merger of neutron stars composed of nuclear matter may be considered…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-30 Suprovo Ghosh , José Luis Hernández , Bikram Keshari Pradhan , Cristina Manuel , Debarati Chatterjee , Laura Tolos

Long-term neutrino-radiation resistive-magnetohydrodynamics simulations in full general relativity are performed for a system composed of a massive neutron star and a torus formed as a remnant of binary neutron star mergers. The simulation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-21 Masaru Shibata , Sho Fujibayashi , Yuichiro Sekiguchi

Neutrino-matter interactions play a key role in binary neutron star mergers. Thermodynamics conditions at the surfaces where neutrinos decouple from matter influence neutrino spectra, ultimately affecting the evolution of the remnant and…

(Abridged) In this paper we present a compilation of results from our most advanced neutron star merger simulations, including a description of the employed numerical procedures and a more complete overview over a large number of computed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 M. Ruffert , H. -Th. Janka

The transport property of cold and dense nucleon matter is important for nuclear physics but is relatively less studied than that at finite temperatures. In this paper, we present a primary study of bulk and shear viscosities in the limit…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-09 Jianing Li , Weiyao Ke

Within the covariant density functional theory of hypernuclear matter we build a series of equations of state for hypernuclear compact stars, by calibrating the coupling constants of the $\Xi$-hyperon to the experimental binding energy of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-02-25 M. Fortin , A. R. Raduta , S. Avancini , C. Providência

The direct Urca (dUrca) process is a key mechanism driving rapid neutrino cooling in neutron stars, with its baryon density activation threshold determined by the microscopic model for nuclear matter. Understanding how nuclear interactions…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-11-26 Luigi Scurto , Helena Pais , Marco Antonelli , Francesca Gulminelli

The quarks are regarded as quasiparticles, which acquire an effective mass generated by the interaction with the other quarks of the dense system. The bulk viscosity is re-expressed in the case of interacting strange quark matter. We find…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Zheng Xiaoping , Yang Shuhua , Li Jiarong

Search for the conjectured QCD critical point is one of the major scientific goals for the Beam Energy Scan program at RHIC. The growth of the correlation length is a universal feature for systems near criticality, and bulk viscosity…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-03-14 Akihiko Monnai , Swagato Mukherjee , Yi Yin

Binary neutron star mergers provide insight into strong-field gravity and the properties of ultra-dense nuclear matter. These events offer the potential to search for signatures of physics beyond the standard model, including dark matter.…

Understanding the hydrodynamics of out-of-equilibrium dense viscous fluids is of key importance to accurate descriptions of physical systems such as compact stars, particularly their mergers. We consider a near-equilibrium relativistic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-17 Saga Säppi

We study the merger of binary neutron stars with different mass ratios adopting three different realistic, microphysical nuclear equations of state, as well as incorporating neutrino cooling effects. In particular, we concentrate on the…

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