Asymmetric nuclear matter in relativistic mean-field models with isoscalar- and isovector-meson mixing [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.06468


Using the relativistic mean-field model with nonlinear couplings between the isoscalar and isovector mesons, we study the properties of isospin-asymmetric nuclear matter. Not only the vector mixing, $\omega_{\mu}\omega^{\mu}\mathbf{\rho}{\nu}\mathbf{\rho}^{\nu}$, but also the quartic interaction due to the scalar mesons, $\sigma^{2}\mathbf{\delta}^{2}$, is taken into account to investigate the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy, $E{\rm sym}$, and the neutron-star properties. It is found that the $\delta$ meson increases $E_{\rm sym}$ at high densities, whereas the $\sigma$-$\delta$ mixing makes $E_{\rm sym}$ soft above the saturation density. Furthermore, the $\delta$ meson and its mixing have a large influence on the radius and tidal deformability of a neutron star. In particular, the $\sigma$-$\delta$ mixing reduces the neutron-star radius, and, thus, the present calculation can simultaneously reproduce the dimensionless tidal deformabilities of a canonical $1.4M_{\odot}$ neutron star observed from the binary neutron star merger, GW170817, and from the compact binary coalescence, GW190814.

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T. Miyatsu, M. Cheoun and K. Saito
Tue, 15 Feb 22
68/75

Comments: 11 pages, 14 figures, 2 tables