Equations of state for supernovae and compact stars

M Oertel, M Hempel, T Klähn, S Typel - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
A review is given of various theoretical approaches for the equation of state (EoS) of dense
matter, relevant for the description of core-collapse supernovae, compact stars, and compact …

Towards understanding astrophysical effects of nuclear symmetry energy

BA Li, PG Krastev, DH Wen, NB Zhang - The European Physical Journal A, 2019 - Springer
Determining the Equation of State (EOS) of dense neutron-rich nuclear matter is a shared
goal of both nuclear physics and astrophysics. Except possible phase transitions, the density …

Neutron star radii and crusts: Uncertainties and unified equations of state

M Fortin, C Providência, AR Raduta, F Gulminelli… - Physical Review C, 2016 - APS
The uncertainties in neutron star radii and crust properties due to our limited knowledge of
the equation of state are quantitatively analyzed. We first demonstrate the importance of a …

Skyrme interaction and nuclear matter constraints

M Dutra, O Lourenço, JS Sá Martins, A Delfino… - Physical Review C …, 2012 - APS
This paper presents a detailed assessment of the ability of the 240 Skyrme interaction
parameter sets in the literature to satisfy a series of criteria derived from macroscopic …

Extreme matter meets extreme gravity: Ultraheavy neutron stars with phase transitions

H Tan, T Dore, V Dexheimer, J Noronha-Hostler… - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
The speed of sound of the matter within neutron stars may contain nonsmooth structure
related to first-or higher-order phase transitions. Here we investigate what are the …

Relativistic description of dense matter equation of state and compatibility with neutron star observables: a Bayesian approach

T Malik, M Ferreira, BK Agrawal… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The general behavior of the nuclear equation of state (EOS), relevant for the description of
neutron stars (NSs), is studied within a Bayesian approach applied to a set of models based …

Unified equation of state for neutron stars on a microscopic basis

BK Sharma, M Centelles, X Viñas, M Baldo… - Astronomy & …, 2015 - aanda.org
We derive a new equation of state (EoS) for neutron stars (NS) from the outer crust to the
core based on modern microscopic calculations using the Argonne v 18 potential plus three …

Nuclear constraints on properties of neutron star crusts

J Xu, LW Chen, BA Li, HR Ma - The Astrophysical Journal, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The transition density ρ t and pressure P t at the inner edge separating the liquid core from
the solid crust of neutron stars are systematically studied using a modified Gogny (MDI) and …

Unified treatment of subsaturation stellar matter at zero and finite temperature

F Gulminelli, AR Raduta - Physical Review C, 2015 - APS
The standard variational derivation of stellar-matter structure in the Wigner-Seitz
approximation is generalized to the finite-temperature situation where a wide distribution of …

Density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy: A microscopic perspective

I Vidana, C Providência, A Polls, A Rios - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2009 - APS
We perform a systematic analysis of the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy
within the microscopic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock (BHF) approach using the realistic Argonne …