Exploring QCD matter in extreme conditions with Machine Learning

K Zhou, L Wang, LG Pang, S Shi - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, machine learning has emerged as a powerful computational tool and novel
problem-solving perspective for physics, offering new avenues for studying strongly …

Strangeness in nuclei and neutron stars

L Tolos, L Fabbietti - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
We review the present status of the experimental and theoretical developments in the field of
strangeness in nuclei and neutron stars. We start by discussing the K ̄ N interaction, that is …

A NICER view of PSR J0030+ 0451: millisecond pulsar parameter estimation

TE Riley, AL Watts, S Bogdanov, PS Ray… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on Bayesian parameter estimation of the mass and equatorial radius of the
millisecond pulsar PSR J0030+ 0451, conditional on pulse-profile modeling of Neutron Star …

Modules for experiments in stellar astrophysics (MESA): convective boundaries, element diffusion, and massive star explosions

B Paxton, J Schwab, EB Bauer, L Bildsten… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2017 - arxiv.org
We update the capabilities of the software instrument Modules for Experiments in Stellar
Astrophysics (MESA) and enhance its ease of use and availability. Our new approach to …

Constraining the speed of sound inside neutron stars with chiral effective field theory interactions and observations

I Tews, J Carlson, S Gandolfi… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The dense matter equation of state (EOS) determines neutron star (NS) structure but can be
calculated reliably only up to one to two times the nuclear saturation density, using accurate …

The neutron star interior composition explorer (NICER): design and development

KC Gendreau, Z Arzoumanian… - … 2016: Ultraviolet to …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
During 2014 and 2015, NASA's Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) mission
proceeded success-fully through Phase C, Design and Development. An X-ray (0.2-12 keV) …

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 …

Quasi-periodic X-ray eruptions years after a nearby tidal disruption event

M Nicholl, DR Pasham, A Mummery, M Guolo… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are luminous bursts of soft X-rays from the nuclei of
galaxies, repeating on timescales of hours to weeks,,,–. The mechanism behind these rare …

Approximate universal relations for neutron stars and quark stars

K Yagi, N Yunes - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
Neutron stars and quark stars are ideal laboratories to study fundamental physics at supra
nuclear densities and strong gravitational fields. Astrophysical observables, however …

The destruction and recreation of the X-ray corona in a changing-look active galactic nucleus

C Ricci, E Kara, M Loewenstein… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the drastic transformation of the X-ray properties of the active galactic nucleus
(AGN) 1ES 1927+ 654, following a changing-look event. After the optical/ultraviolet outburst …