Bayesian Inference of High-density Nuclear Symmetry Energy from Radii of Canonical Neutron Stars

Abstract

The radius $R_{1.4}$ of neutron stars (NSs) with a mass of 1.4 M${}_{\odot }$ has been extracted consistently in many recent studies in the literature. Using representative $R_{1.4}$ data, we infer high-density nuclear symmetry energy $E_{\mathrm{sym}}(\rho )$ and the associated nucleon specific energy $E_0(\rho )$ in symmetric nuclear matter (SNM) within a Bayesian statistical approach using an explicitly isospin-dependent parametric Equation of State (EOS) for nucleonic matter. We found that: (1) The available astrophysical data can already improve significantly our current knowledge about the EOS in the density range of ${\rho }_0-2.5{\rho }_0$. In particular, the symmetry energy at twice the saturation density ${\rho }_0$ of nuclear matter is determined to be $E_{\mathrm{sym}}(2{\rho }_0)$ =39.2${}_{-8.2}^{+12.1}$ MeV at 68\% confidence level. (2) A precise measurement of the $R_{1.4}$ alone with a 4\% 1$\sigma$ statistical error but no systematic error will not improve much the constraints on the EOS of dense neutron-rich nucleonic matter compared to what we extracted from using the available radius data. (3) The $R_{1.4}$ radius data and other general conditions, such as the observed NS maximum mass and causality condition introduce strong correlations for the high-order EOS parameters. Consequently, the high-density behavior of $E_{\mathrm{sym}}(\rho )$ inferred depends strongly on how the high-density SNM EOS $E_0(\rho )$ is parameterized, and vice versa. (4) The value of the observed maximum NS mass and whether it is used as a sharp cut-off for the minimum maximum mass or through a Gaussian distribution affect significantly the lower boundaries of both the $E_0(\rho )$ and $E_{\mathrm{sym}}(\rho )$ only at densities higher than about $2.5{\rho }_0$.

arXiv commentDiscussions added. The Astrophysical Journal (2019) in press

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