Neutron-star tidal deformability and equation-of-state constraints

K Chatziioannou - General Relativity and Gravitation, 2020 - Springer
Despite their long history and astrophysical importance, some of the key properties of
neutron stars are still uncertain. The extreme conditions encountered in their interiors …

Gravitational waves from neutron star mergers and their relation to the nuclear equation of state

L Baiotti - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
In this article, I introduce ideas and techniques to extract information about the equation of
state of matter at very high densities from gravitational waves emitted before, during and …

GW170817: Constraining the nuclear matter equation of state from the neutron star tidal deformability

T Malik, N Alam, M Fortin, C Providência, BK Agrawal… - Physical Review C, 2018 - APS
Constraints set on key parameters of the nuclear matter equation of state (EoS) by the
values of the tidal deformability, inferred from GW170817, are examined by using a diverse …

Equation of state for dense nucleonic matter from metamodeling. I. Foundational aspects

J Margueron, R Hoffmann Casali, F Gulminelli - Physical Review C, 2018 - APS
Metamodeling for the nucleonic equation of state (EOS), inspired from a Taylor expansion
around the saturation density of symmetric nuclear matter, is proposed and parameterized in …

Symmetry parameter constraints from a lower bound on neutron-matter energy

I Tews, JM Lattimer, A Ohnishi… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We propose the existence of a lower bound on the energy of pure neutron matter (PNM) on
the basis of unitary-gas considerations. We discuss its justification from experimental studies …

Relativistic mean-field hadronic models under nuclear matter constraints

M Dutra, O Lourenço, SS Avancini, BV Carlson… - Physical Review C, 2014 - APS
Background: The microscopic composition and properties of infinite hadronic matter at a
wide range of densities and temperatures have been subjects of intense investigation for …

Constraints on the symmetry energy and neutron skins from experiments and theory

MB Tsang, JR Stone, F Camera, P Danielewicz… - Physical Review C …, 2012 - APS
The symmetry energy contribution to the nuclear equation of state impacts various
phenomena in nuclear astrophysics, nuclear structure, and nuclear reactions. Its …

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 …

The nuclear symmetry energy

M Baldo, GF Burgio - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2016 - Elsevier
The nuclear symmetry energy characterizes the variation of the binding energy as the
neutron to proton ratio of a nuclear system is varied. This is one of the most important …

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 …