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Nuclear Theory

Title: Bayesian inference of neutron-skin thickness and neutron-star observables based on effective nuclear interactions

Authors: Jia Zhou, Jun Xu
Abstract: We have obtained the constraints on the density dependence of the symmetry energy from neutron-skin thickness data by parity-violating electron scatterings and neutron-star observables using a Bayesian approach, based on the standard Skyrme-Hartree-Fock (SHF) model and its extension as well as the relativistic mean-field (RMF) model. While the neutron-skin thickness data (neutron-star observables) mostly constrain the symmetry energy at subsaturation (suprasaturation) densities, they may more or less constrain the behavior of the symmetry energy at suprasaturation (subsaturation) densities, depending on the energy-density functional form. Besides showing the final posterior density dependence of the symmetry energy, we also compare the slope parameters of the symmetry energy at 0.10 fm$^{-3}$ as well as the values of the symmetry energy at twice saturation density from three effective nuclear interactions. The present work serves as a comparison study based on relativistic and non-relativistic energy-density functionals, for constraining the nuclear symmetry energy from low to high densities using a Bayesian approach.
Comments: 10 pages, 7 figures
Subjects: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
Cite as: arXiv:2404.09511 [nucl-th]
  (or arXiv:2404.09511v2 [nucl-th] for this version)

Submission history

From: Jun Xu [view email]
[v1] Mon, 15 Apr 2024 07:10:50 GMT (1751kb,D)
[v2] Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:44:45 GMT (1765kb,D)

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