Progress in constraining nuclear symmetry energy using neutron star observables since GW170817

BA Li, BJ Cai, WJ **e, NB Zhang - Universe, 2021 - mdpi.com
The density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy is among the most uncertain parts of
the Equation of State (EOS) of dense neutron-rich nuclear matter. It is currently poorly known …

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 …

GW190814's secondary component with mass 2.50–2.67 M⊙ as a superfast pulsar

NB Zhang, BA Li - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We use Stergioulas's RNS code for investigating fast pulsars with equations of state (EOSs)
on the causality surface (where the speed of sound is equal to that of light) of the high …

[HTML][HTML] Isoscalar and isovector dipole excitations: Nuclear properties from low-lying states and from the isovector giant dipole resonance

A Bracco, EG Lanza, A Tamii - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
This review paper concerns the research devoted to the study of the properties of dipole
excitations in nuclei. The main focus is on questions related to isospin effects in these types …

Probing the incompressibility of nuclear matter at ultrahigh density through the prompt collapse of asymmetric neutron star binaries

A Perego, D Logoteta, D Radice, S Bernuzzi… - Physical review …, 2022 - APS
Using 250 neutron star merger simulations with microphysics, we explore for the first time
the role of nuclear incompressibility in the prompt collapse threshold for binaries with …

Bayesian inference of high-density nuclear symmetry energy from radii of canonical neutron stars

WJ **e, BA Li - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The radius R 1.4 of neutron stars (NSs) with a mass of 1.4 M⊙ has been extracted
consistently in many recent studies in the literature. Using representative R 1.4 data, we infer …

Nuclear dynamics and reactions in the ab initio symmetry-adapted framework

KD Launey, A Mercenne… - Annual Review of Nuclear …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
We review the ab initio symmetry-adapted (SA) framework for determining the structure of
stable and unstable nuclei, along with related electroweak, decay, and reaction processes …

Toward a unified description of isoscalar giant monopole resonances in a self-consistent quasiparticle-vibration coupling approach

ZZ Li, YF Niu, G Colò - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
The nuclear incompressibility is a key parameter of the nuclear equation of state that can be
extracted from the measurements of the so-called “breathing mode” of finite nuclei. The most …

Bayesian inference of the symmetry energy of superdense neutron-rich matter from future radius measurements of massive neutron stars

WJ **e, BA Li - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Using as references the posterior probability distribution functions of the equation of state
(EOS) parameters inferred from the radii of canonical neutron stars (NSs) reported by the …

Systematic analysis of the impacts of symmetry energy parameters on neutron star properties

NK Patra, A Venneti, SMA Imam, A Mukherjee… - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
The impacts of various symmetry energy parameters on the properties of neutron stars (NSs)
have been recently investigated, and the outcomes are at variance, as summarized in Table …