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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

Given an Equation of State (EOS) for neutron star (NS) matter, there is a unique mass-radius sequence characterized by a maximum mass $M_{\rm{NS}}^{\max}$ at radius $R_{\max}$. We first show analytically that the $M_{\rm{NS}}^{\max}$ and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-07-27 Bao-Jun Cai , Bao-An Li , Zhen Zhang

The aim of our work is to develop a unified equation of state (EoS) for nuclear and quark matter for a wide range in temperature, density and isospin so that it becomes applicable for heavy-ion collisions as well as for the astrophysics of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-03-23 N. -U. Bastian , D. Blaschke

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

Taking into account the terrestrial experiments and the recent astrophysical observations of neutron stars and gravitational-wave signals, we impose restrictions on the equation of state (EoS) for isospin-asymmetric nuclear matter. Using…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-03-18 Soonchul Choi , Tsuyoshi Miyatsu , Myung-Ki Cheoun , Koichi Saito

Astrophysical observations from NICER and gravitational wave data constrain the properties of matter at the cores of neutron stars, enabling us to probe high-density matter with greater accuracy. To understand its implications for neutron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-13 Asim Kumar Saha , Tuhin Malik , Ritam Mallick

An equation of state (EoS) for symmetric nuclear matter is constructed using the density dependent M3Y effective interaction and extended for isospin asymmetric nuclear matter. Theoretically obtained values of symmetric nuclear matter…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-04-23 D. N. Basu , Partha Roy Chowdhury , Abhishek Mishra

We show how observations of gravitational waves from binary neutron star (BNS) mergers over the next few years can be combined with insights from nuclear physics to obtain useful constraints on the equation of state (EoS) of dense matter,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-23 Michael McNeil Forbes , Sukanta Bose , Sanjay Reddy , Dake Zhou , Arunava Mukherjee , Soumi De

The hadron-quark phase transition in core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) has the potential to trigger explosions in otherwise nonexploding models. However, those hybrid supernova equations of state (EOS) shown to trigger an explosion do not…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 Oliver Heinimann , Matthias Hempel , Friedrich-Karl Thielemann

We try to constrain the Equation-of-State (EoS) of supra-nuclear-density matter in neutron stars (NSs) by observations of nearby NSs. There are seven thermally emitting NSs known from X-ray and optical observations, the so-called…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 R. Neuhäuser , V. V. Hambaryan , M. M. Hohle , T. Eisenbeiss

An equation of state(EOS) of nuclear matter with explicit inclusion of a spin-isospin dependent force is constructed from a finite range, momentum and density dependent effective interaction. This EOS is found to be in good agreement with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 V. S. Uma Maheswari , D. N. Basu , J. N. De , S. K. Samaddar

Whether or not deconfined quark phase exists in neutron star cores and represents the ground state of neutral matter at moderate densities are open questions. We use two realistic effective quark models, the three-flavor Nambu-Jona-Lasinio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Chang-Qun Ma , Chun-Yuan Gao

The equation of state (EoS) for neutron stars is a crucial topic in astrophysics, nuclear physics, and quantum chromodynamics (QCD), influencing their structure, stability, and observable properties. This review classifies EoS models into…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-07-08 Zuhua Ji , Jiarui Chen , Yan Chen

Recently, observations of compact stars have provided new data of high accuracy which put strong constraints on the high-density behaviour of the equation of state of strongly interacting matter otherwise not accessible in terrestrial…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 D. Blaschke , T. Klahn , F. Sandin

The uncertainties in neutron star (NS) radii and crust properties due to our limited knowledge of the equation of state (EOS) are quantitatively analysed. We first demonstrate the importance of a unified microscopic description for the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 M. Fortin , C. Providencia , A. R. Raduta , F. Gulminelli , J. L Zdunik , P. Haensel , M. Bejger

Equation of state (EOS) of pure neutron matter (PNM) is studied in QCD sum rules (QCDSR). It is found that the QCDSR results on EOS of PNM are in good agreement with predictions by current advanced microscopic many-body theories. Moreover,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-05-30 Bao-Jun Cai , Lie-Wen Chen

Compact stars (CS) are stellar remnants of massive stars. Inside CSs the density is so high that matter is in subatomic form composed of nucleons. With increase of density of matter towards the centre of the objects other degrees of freedom…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-24 Anil Kumar , Vivek Baruah Thapa , Monika Sinha

The determination of the equation of state (EOS) for nuclear matter has been one of the biggest problems in nuclear astrophysics, because the EOS is essential for determining the properties of neutron stars. To constrain the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-04-27 Hajime Sotani , Nobuya Nishimura , Tomoya Naito

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 possibility of discovering twin stars, two neutron stars (NSs) with the same mass but different radii, is usually studied in forward modelings by using a restricted number of NS matter equation of state (EOS) encapsulating a first-order…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-10 Xavier Grundler , Bao-An Li