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 …

Neutrinos and nucleosynthesis of elements

T Fischer, G Guo, K Langanke… - Progress in Particle and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Neutrinos are known to play important roles in many astrophysical scenarios from the early
period of the big bang to current stellar evolution being a unique messenger of the fusion …

Composition and thermodynamics of nuclear matter with light clusters

S Typel, G Röpke, T Klähn, D Blaschke… - Physical Review C …, 2010 - APS
We investigate nuclear matter at a finite temperature and density, including the formation of
light clusters up to the α particle (1⩽ A⩽ 4). The novel feature of this work is to include the …

A statistical model for a complete supernova equation of state

M Hempel, J Schaffner-Bielich - Nuclear Physics A, 2010 - Elsevier
A statistical model for the equation of state and the composition of supernova matter is
presented. It consists of an ensemble of nuclei and interacting nucleons in nuclear statistical …

New equations of state in simulations of core-collapse supernovae

M Hempel, T Fischer, J Schaffner-Bielich… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We discuss three new equations of state (EOS) in core-collapse supernova simulations. The
new EOS are based on the nuclear statistical equilibrium model of Hempel and Schaffner …

Large-scale nuclear structure calculations for spin-dependent WIMP scattering<? format?> with chiral effective field theory currents

P Klos, J Menéndez, D Gazit, A Schwenk - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields …, 2013 - APS
We perform state-of-the-art large-scale shell-model calculations of the structure factors for
elastic spin-dependent WIMP scattering off Xe 129, 131, I 127, Ge 73, F 19, Na 23, Al 27 …

The Lorentz integral transform (LIT) method and its applications to perturbation-induced reactions

VD Efros, W Leidemann, G Orlandini… - Journal of Physics G …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
The LIT method has allowed ab initio calculations of electroweak cross sections in light
nuclear systems. This review presents a description of the method from both a general and a …

Neutrino–nucleus reactions and their role for supernova dynamics and nucleosynthesis

KG Balasi, K Langanke, G Martínez-Pinedo - Progress in Particle and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The description of nuclear reactions induced by supernova neutrinos has witnessed
significant progress during the recent years. On one hand this progress is due to …

Second relativistic mean field and virial equation of state for astrophysical simulations

G Shen, CJ Horowitz, E O'connor - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2011 - APS
We generate a second equation of state (EOS) of nuclear matter for a wide range of
temperatures, densities, and proton fractions for use in supernovae, neutron star mergers …

Neutrino-nucleon scattering in supernova matter from the virial expansion

CJ Horowitz, OL Caballero, Z Lin, E O'Connor… - Physical Review C, 2017 - APS
We extend our virial approach to study the neutral-current neutrino response of nuclear
matter at low densities. In the long-wavelength limit, the virial expansion makes model …