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| author | Das, Arijit Jaikumar, Prashanth Karekkat, Adarsh Mandal, Tanumoy |
| author_facet | Das, Arijit Jaikumar, Prashanth Karekkat, Adarsh Mandal, Tanumoy |
| contents | We construct an equation of state describing cold and dense matter in the core of neutron stars which includes an admixture of fermionic dark matter and incorporates nucleon effective masses derived from the relativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock (BHF) many-body approach within a relativistic mean-field model. Such a BHF-informed mixed-model approach increases stellar compactness, with mass-radius configurations which are consistent with smaller, lighter pulsars. The model displays the expected non-monotonic behavior of sound speed hinted at by neutron star data, and is closer to the conformal bound at maximum mass. We find that the model displays tension with bounds on heavier pulsars, suggesting that the hypothesis of an aggregated dark component in neutron stars needs further critical study. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Effects of a Brueckner-Hartree-Fock-corrected effective mass on speed of sound, conformality, and observables of dark matter-admixed neutron stars Das, Arijit Jaikumar, Prashanth Karekkat, Adarsh Mandal, Tanumoy High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory We construct an equation of state describing cold and dense matter in the core of neutron stars which includes an admixture of fermionic dark matter and incorporates nucleon effective masses derived from the relativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock (BHF) many-body approach within a relativistic mean-field model. Such a BHF-informed mixed-model approach increases stellar compactness, with mass-radius configurations which are consistent with smaller, lighter pulsars. The model displays the expected non-monotonic behavior of sound speed hinted at by neutron star data, and is closer to the conformal bound at maximum mass. We find that the model displays tension with bounds on heavier pulsars, suggesting that the hypothesis of an aggregated dark component in neutron stars needs further critical study. |
| title | Effects of a Brueckner-Hartree-Fock-corrected effective mass on speed of sound, conformality, and observables of dark matter-admixed neutron stars |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15328 |