Constraining the nuclear equation of state from orbits of primordial black holes inside neutron stars

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Auteurs principaux: Chen, Anna, DelPrado, Juan Diego, Baumgarte, Thomas W., Shapiro, Stuart L.
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author Chen, Anna
DelPrado, Juan Diego
Baumgarte, Thomas W.
Shapiro, Stuart L.
author_facet Chen, Anna
DelPrado, Juan Diego
Baumgarte, Thomas W.
Shapiro, Stuart L.
contents Lacking terrestrial experimental data, our best constraints on the behavior of matter at high densities up to and above nuclear density arise from observations of neutron stars. Current constraints include those based on measurements of stellar masses, radii, and tidal deformabilities. Here we explore how orbits of primordial black holes - should they exist - inside neutron stars could provide complementary constraints on the nuclear equation of state (EOS). Specifically, we consider a sample of candidate EOSs, construct neutron star models for these EOSs, and compute orbits of primordial black holes inside these stars. We discuss how the pericenter advance of eccentric orbits, i.e. orbital precession, results in beat phenomena in the emitted gravitational wave signal. Observing this beat frequency could constrain the nuclear EOS and break possible degeneracies arising from other constraints, as well as provide information about the host star.
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spellingShingle Constraining the nuclear equation of state from orbits of primordial black holes inside neutron stars
Chen, Anna
DelPrado, Juan Diego
Baumgarte, Thomas W.
Shapiro, Stuart L.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Nuclear Theory
Lacking terrestrial experimental data, our best constraints on the behavior of matter at high densities up to and above nuclear density arise from observations of neutron stars. Current constraints include those based on measurements of stellar masses, radii, and tidal deformabilities. Here we explore how orbits of primordial black holes - should they exist - inside neutron stars could provide complementary constraints on the nuclear equation of state (EOS). Specifically, we consider a sample of candidate EOSs, construct neutron star models for these EOSs, and compute orbits of primordial black holes inside these stars. We discuss how the pericenter advance of eccentric orbits, i.e. orbital precession, results in beat phenomena in the emitted gravitational wave signal. Observing this beat frequency could constrain the nuclear EOS and break possible degeneracies arising from other constraints, as well as provide information about the host star.
title Constraining the nuclear equation of state from orbits of primordial black holes inside neutron stars
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04526