Neutron stars and the nuclear equation of state

GF Burgio, HJ Schulze, I Vidaña, JB Wei - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
We review the current status and recent progress of microscopic many-body approaches
and phenomenological models, which are employed to construct the equation of state of …

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 …

Unified equations of state for cold non-accreting neutron stars with Brussels–Montreal functionals–I. Role of symmetry energy

JM Pearson, N Chamel, AY Potekhin… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The theory of the nuclear energy-density functional is used to provide a unified and
thermodynamically consistent treatment of all regions of cold non-accreting neutron stars. In …

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 …

Further explorations of Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass formulas. XIII. The 2012 atomic mass evaluation and the symmetry coefficient

S Goriely, N Chamel, JM Pearson - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2013 - APS
Our family of three Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) mass models, labeled BSk19, BSk20,
and BSk21, is here extended by (a) refitting to the 2012 Atomic Mass Evaluation (AME), and …

Further explorations of Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass formulas. XII. Stiffness and stability of neutron-star matter

S Goriely, N Chamel, JM Pearson - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2010 - APS
We construct three new Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) mass models, labeled HFB-19, HFB-
20, and HFB-21, with unconventional Skyrme forces containing t 4 and t 5 terms, ie, density …

Analytical representations of unified equations of state for neutron-star matter

AY Potekhin, AF Fantina, N Chamel… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
Context. An equation of state (EoS) of dense nuclear matter is a prerequisite for studies of
the structure and evolution of compact stars. A unified EoS should describe the crust and the …

Determine the neutron skin type by relativistic isobaric collisions

H Xu, H Li, X Wang, C Shen, F Wang - Physics Letters B, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of neutron skin on the multiplicity (N ch) and eccentricity (ϵ 2) in relativistic 44 96
Ru+ 44 96 Ru and 40 96 Zr+ 40 96 Zr collisions at s NN= 200 GeV are investigated with the …

Nucleon structure and strong interactions in dark matter capture in neutron stars

NF Bell, G Busoni, TF Motta, S Robles, AW Thomas… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We outline two important effects that are missing from most evaluations of the dark matter
capture rate in neutron stars. As dark matter scattering with nucleons in the star involves …

Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov nuclear mass model with 0.50 MeV accuracy based on standard forms of Skyrme and pairing functionals

S Goriely, N Chamel, JM Pearson - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2013 - APS
We present a new Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov nuclear mass model based on standard forms
of Skyrme and pairing functionals, which corresponds to the most accurate mass model we …