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 …

Nuclear equation of state from ground and collective excited state properties of nuclei

X Roca-Maza, N Paar - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
This contribution reviews the present status on the available constraints to the nuclear
equation of state (EoS) around saturation density from nuclear structure calculations on …

Information Content of the Parity-Violating Asymmetry in

PG Reinhard, X Roca-Maza, W Nazarewicz - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
The parity-violating asymmetry A PV in Pb 208, recently measured by the PREX-2
Collaboration, is studied using modern relativistic (covariant) and nonrelativistic energy …

Relativistic mean-field hadronic models under nuclear matter constraints

M Dutra, O Lourenço, SS Avancini, BV Carlson… - Physical Review C, 2014 - APS
Background: The microscopic composition and properties of infinite hadronic matter at a
wide range of densities and temperatures have been subjects of intense investigation for …

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 …

Constraining the symmetry parameters of the nuclear interaction

JM Lattimer, Y Lim - The Astrophysical Journal, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the major uncertainties in the dense matter equation of state has been the nuclear
symmetry energy. The density dependence of the symmetry energy is important in nuclear …

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 …

Recent progress and new challenges in isospin physics with heavy-ion reactions

BA Li, LW Chen, CM Ko - Physics Reports, 2008 - Elsevier
The ultimate goal of studying isospin physics via heavy-ion reactions with neutron-rich,
stable and/or radioactive nuclei is to explore the isospin dependence of in-medium nuclear …

Nuclear energy density optimization

M Kortelainen, T Lesinski, J Moré, W Nazarewicz… - Physical Review C …, 2010 - APS
We carry out state-of-the-art optimization of a nuclear energy density of Skyrme type in the
framework of the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory. The particle-hole and particle-particle …

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 …