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We investigate strongly interacting dense matter and neutron stars using a flavor-SU(3) approach based on a non-linear realization of chiral symmetry as well as a hadronic flavor-SU(2) parity-doublet model. We study chiral symmetry…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 S. Schramm , V. Antocheviz Dexheimer

Neutron stars provide a natural laboratory for studying the properties of dense nuclear matter under extreme conditions. In this proceeding, we review our current understanding of dense isospin symmetric and asymmetric matter and neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-01 Rajesh Kumar , Veronica Dexheimer , Johannes Jahan

Astrophysicists distinguish between three different types of compact stars. These are white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. The former contain matter in one of the densest forms found in the Universe which, together with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-19 Fridolin Weber

We investigate the structure of neutron star crusts, including the crust-core boundary, based on new Skyrme mean field models constrained by the bulk-matter equation of state from chiral effective field theory and the ground-state energies…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-07-05 Yeunhwan Lim , Jeremy W. Holt

We discuss the equation of state for cold, dense quark matter in perturbation theory, and how it might match onto that of hadronic matter. Certain choices of the renormalization scale correspond to a strongly first order chiral transition,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Eduardo S. Fraga , Robert D. Pisarski , Jurgen Schaffner-Bielich

Nuclear matter and neutron stars are studied in the framework of an extended relativistic mean-field (RMF) model with higher-order derivative and density dependent couplings of nucleons to the meson fields. The derivative couplings lead to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-20 Sofija Antić , Stefan Typel

Compact stars consisting of fermions with arbitrary masses and interaction strengths are studied by solving the structure equation of general relativity, the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations. Scaling solutions are derived for a free and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Gaurav Narain , Jurgen Schaffner-Bielich , Igor N. Mishustin

The lowest-mass stars, brown dwarfs and giant exoplanets span a minimum in the mass-radius relationship that probes the fundamental physics of extreme states of matter, magnetism, and fusion. This White Paper outlines scientific…

The masses and radii of neutron stars are discussed in general relativity and scalar-tensor theory of gravity and the differences are compared with the current uncertainties stemming from the nuclear equation of state in the relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-07-16 F. J. Fattoyev

We put constraints on the secondary component of GW190814 by analyzing the observational data of the event. The relativistic mean-field models are used to calculate the mass-radius profile and tidal deformability of the compact object,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-17 H. C. Das , Ankit Kumar , S. K. Patra

The parity doublet model, containing the SU(2) multiplets including the baryons identified as the chiral partners of the nucleons is applied to neutron stars. The maximum mass for the star is calculated for different stages of the cooling…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-01-17 V. Dexheimer , S. Schramm , H. Stoecker

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

The modern nucleon-nucleon interaction of Myers and Swiatecki, adjusted to the properties of finite nuclei, the parameters of the mass formula, and the behavior of the optical potential is used to calculate the properties of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Klaus Strobel , Fridolin Weber , Manfred K. Weigel , Christoph Schaab

We investigate the properties of the neutron star with relativistic mean field models. We incorporate in the quantum hadrodynamics and in the quark-meson coupling models a possible reduction of meson masses in nuclear matter. The equation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Y. Ryu , C. H. Hyun , S. W. Hong , B. K. Jennings

In this work, we study matter in the cores of proto-neutron stars, focusing on the impact of their composition on the stellar structure. We begin by examining the effects of finite temperature (through a fixed entropy per baryon) and lepton…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-15 J. Roark , X. Du , C. Constantinou , V. Dexheimer , A. W. Steiner , J. R. Stone

We discuss the appearance of quark matter in neutron star cores', focussing on the possibility that the recent observation of a very heavy neutron star could constrain free parameters of quark matter models. For that, we use the equation of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-16 S. Plumari , G. F. Burgio , V. Greco , D. Zappala

Neutron stars, white dwarfs and black holes are the after death remnants of massive stars. However, according to the most recent observations, the neutron stars maximum mass is between $2.0-2.5 M_{\odot}$ while black holes of less than 5…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-29 M. Vikiaris , V. Petousis , M. Veselsky , Ch. C. Moustakidis

Neutron stars are usually assumed to be cold; however, in certain dynamical astrophysical scenarios such as newly born neutron stars or binary star mergers, the temperature effects play a non-negligible role. We systematically derive the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-27 Deepak Kumar , Asit Karan , Anshuman Verma , Hiranmaya Mishra , Ritam Mallick

The properties of dense hadronic and quark matter and its relation to compact stars are discussed. In a bottom-up approach one starts with nuclear and hypernuclear physics at low density and extrapolates hadronic matter to large densities.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 J. Schaffner-Bielich

We investigate the influence of a strong magnetic field on various properties of neutron stars with quark-hadron phase transition. The one-gluon exchange contribution in a magnetic field is calculated in a relativistic Dirac-Hartree-Fock…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Debades Bandyopadhyay , Somenath Chakrabarty , Subrata Pal