New equations of state constrained by nuclear physics, observations, and QCD calculations of high-density nuclear matter

S. Huth, C. Wellenhofer, and A. Schwenk
Phys. Rev. C 103, 025803 – Published 12 February 2021

Abstract

We present new equations of state for applications in core-collapse supernova and neutron star merger simulations. We start by introducing an effective mass parametrization that is fit to recent microscopic calculations up to twice saturation density. This is important to capture the predicted thermal effects, which have been shown to determine the proto–neutron star contraction in supernova simulations. The parameter range of the energy-density functional underlying the equation of state is constrained by chiral effective field theory results at nuclear densities as well as by functional renormalization group computations at high densities based on QCD. We further implement observational constraints from measurements of heavy neutron stars, the gravitational wave signal of GW170817, and from the recent NICER results. Finally, we study the resulting allowed ranges for the equation of state and for properties of neutron stars, including the predicted ranges for the neutron star radius and maximum mass.

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  • Received 18 September 2020
  • Accepted 14 January 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.103.025803

©2021 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Nuclear Physics

Authors & Affiliations

S. Huth1,2,*, C. Wellenhofer1,2,†, and A. Schwenk1,2,3,‡

  • 1Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Physics, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
  • 2ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
  • 3Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

  • *shuth@theorie.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de
  • wellenhofer@theorie.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de
  • schwenk@physik.tu-darmstadt.de

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Vol. 103, Iss. 2 — February 2021

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