Equation of State of Dense Matter: Pauli Degeneracy, Pairing Correlations, and Implications for Neutron Stars
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| author | Krivenko-Emetov, Yaroslav D. Shabal, Gleb |
| author_facet | Krivenko-Emetov, Yaroslav D. Shabal, Gleb |
| contents | We develop a unified description of dense fermionic matter that consistently incorporates Pauli degeneracy, interaction effects, and pairing correlations. The condition that the temperature is much smaller than the Fermi energy leads to a natural separation between Sommerfeld, Fermi-liquid, and pairing regimes, and how these contributions enter the equation of state. The resulting EOS is applied to the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations to analyze neutron-star structure. We demonstrate that Pauli degeneracy provides the dominant pressure, interactions determine the stiffness of the EOS, and pairing correlations produce subleading but potentially significant corrections, especially in quark matter. Implications for mass--radius constraints and modern observations are discussed. |
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| spellingShingle | Equation of State of Dense Matter: Pauli Degeneracy, Pairing Correlations, and Implications for Neutron Stars Krivenko-Emetov, Yaroslav D. Shabal, Gleb High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Theory We develop a unified description of dense fermionic matter that consistently incorporates Pauli degeneracy, interaction effects, and pairing correlations. The condition that the temperature is much smaller than the Fermi energy leads to a natural separation between Sommerfeld, Fermi-liquid, and pairing regimes, and how these contributions enter the equation of state. The resulting EOS is applied to the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations to analyze neutron-star structure. We demonstrate that Pauli degeneracy provides the dominant pressure, interactions determine the stiffness of the EOS, and pairing correlations produce subleading but potentially significant corrections, especially in quark matter. Implications for mass--radius constraints and modern observations are discussed. |
| title | Equation of State of Dense Matter: Pauli Degeneracy, Pairing Correlations, and Implications for Neutron Stars |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.01618 |