New constraints on the neutron-star mass and radius relation from the terrestrial nuclear experiments [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2203.05410


The study of the equation of state (EOS) for nuclear matter has been still a challenging problem, although the EOS is essential for determining the properties of neutron stars. In order to constrain the EOS, several studies have been based on astronomical observations with the X-ray and gravitational waves, which mainly cover the higher density of neutron star matter. In this study, focusing on the relatively lower density region, we show an allowed area in the neutron-star mass and radius relation by using the constraints on the density-dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy obtained via the recent nuclear experiments with different projects (i.e., S$\pi$RIT and PREX-II) together with the experiment at RCNP. Each region predicted by these experiments is still consistent with the area in the higher density allowed by the various astronomical observations. Our results show that terrestrial nuclear experiments must provide further constraints on the EOS for neutron stars, complementing astronomical observations.

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H. Sotani, N. Nishimura and T. Naito
Fri, 11 Mar 22
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Comments: 10 pages, 2 figures, submitted