Dense nuclear matter equation of state from heavy-ion collisions

A Sorensen, K Agarwal, KW Brown, Z Chajęcki… - Progress in Particle and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The nuclear equation of state (EOS) is at the center of numerous theoretical and
experimental efforts in nuclear physics. With advances in microscopic theories for nuclear …

Toward the discovery of matter creation with neutrinoless decay

M Agostini, G Benato, JA Detwiler, J Menéndez… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
The discovery of neutrinoless β β decay could soon be within reach. This hypothetical
ultrarare nuclear decay offers a privileged portal to physics beyond the standard model of …

Constraints on the dense matter equation of state and neutron star properties from NICER's mass–radius estimate of PSR J0740+ 6620 and multimessenger …

G Raaijmakers, SK Greif, K Hebeler… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent years our understanding of the dense matter equation of state (EOS) of neutron
stars has significantly improved by analyzing multimessenger data from radio/X-ray pulsars …

Origin of the heaviest elements: The rapid neutron-capture process

JJ Cowan, C Sneden, JE Lawler, A Aprahamian… - Reviews of Modern …, 2021 - APS
The production of about half of the heavy elements found in nature is assigned to a specific
astrophysical nucleosynthesis process: the rapid neutron-capture process (r process) …

Status and future of nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless double-beta decay: a review

J Engel, J Menéndez - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The nuclear matrix elements that govern the rate of neutrinoless double beta decay must be
accurately calculated if experiments are to reach their full potential. Theorists have been …

How well do we know the neutron-matter equation of state at the densities inside neutron stars? A Bayesian approach with correlated uncertainties

C Drischler, RJ Furnstahl, JA Melendez, DR Phillips - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We introduce a new framework for quantifying correlated uncertainties of the infinite-matter
equation of state derived from chiral effective field theory (χ EFT). Bayesian machine …

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 …

A NICER view of PSR J0030+ 0451: Implications for the dense matter equation of state

G Raaijmakers, TE Riley, AL Watts… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Both the mass and radius of the millisecond pulsar PSR J0030+ 0451 have been inferred
via pulse-profile modeling of X-ray data obtained by NASA's Neutron Star Interior …

Constraining the dense matter equation of state with joint analysis of NICER and LIGO/Virgo measurements

G Raaijmakers, SK Greif, TE Riley… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer collaboration recently published a
joint estimate of the mass and the radius of PSR J0030+ 0451, derived via X-ray pulse …

Critical examination of constraints on the equation of state of dense matter obtained from GW170817

I Tews, J Margueron, S Reddy - Physical Review C, 2018 - APS
The correlation of the tidal polarizabilities Λ 1-Λ 2 for GW170817 is predicted by combining
dense-matter equations of state (EOSs) that satisfy nuclear physics constraints with the chirp …