An Asymptotically Causal Metamodel for Neutron Star Equations of State
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| author | Montefusco, Gabriele Antonelli, Marco Gulminelli, Francesca |
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| contents | Nuclear metamodels - phenomenological parametrizations of the energy of nuclear matter - are convenient tools to explore the space of realistic neutron star configurations constrained by astrophysical and nuclear data. While much recent work has focused on composition-agnostic barotropic models, the metamodel approach is designed to describe the composition dependence of the relevant thermodynamic potential. We revise a previously proposed non-relativistic metamodel by introducing a more controlled high-density behaviour, improving both its causal properties and its accuracy in reproducing the pressure and the beta-equilibrium composition of microscopically motivated equations of state. Since causality is automatically enforced at high density, the fraction of discarded models due to superluminal sound speeds is substantially reduced, facilitating metamodel-based explorations of equilibrium neutron star configurations. We further assess our framework by performing a Bayesian inference of neutron star properties beyond standard observables such as masses and radii, exploiting the metamodel's ability to probe composition-dependent quantities including the dUrca threshold and the Ledoux criterion for g-mode stability. |
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| spellingShingle | An Asymptotically Causal Metamodel for Neutron Star Equations of State Montefusco, Gabriele Antonelli, Marco Gulminelli, Francesca Nuclear Theory High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Nuclear metamodels - phenomenological parametrizations of the energy of nuclear matter - are convenient tools to explore the space of realistic neutron star configurations constrained by astrophysical and nuclear data. While much recent work has focused on composition-agnostic barotropic models, the metamodel approach is designed to describe the composition dependence of the relevant thermodynamic potential. We revise a previously proposed non-relativistic metamodel by introducing a more controlled high-density behaviour, improving both its causal properties and its accuracy in reproducing the pressure and the beta-equilibrium composition of microscopically motivated equations of state. Since causality is automatically enforced at high density, the fraction of discarded models due to superluminal sound speeds is substantially reduced, facilitating metamodel-based explorations of equilibrium neutron star configurations. We further assess our framework by performing a Bayesian inference of neutron star properties beyond standard observables such as masses and radii, exploiting the metamodel's ability to probe composition-dependent quantities including the dUrca threshold and the Ledoux criterion for g-mode stability. |
| title | An Asymptotically Causal Metamodel for Neutron Star Equations of State |
| topic | Nuclear Theory High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.00196 |