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most citedPSR J0030+0451 Mass and Radius from NICER Data and Implications for the Properties of Neutron Star Matter

1.8k citations · 25.1k across the 90 of their papers we have counts for

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90 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

A Partially Supervised Latent-Space Variational Autoencoder for Generating Neutron Star Equations of State

Tianqi Zhao, Fanglida Yan, Alex Ross +1

We develop a partially supervised latent-space variational autoencoder (PSL-VAE) framework to reconstruct and generate neutron star (NS) equations of state (EOS). The PSL-VAE consi…

astro-ph.HE2026

A New Bayesian Framework with Natural Priors to Constrain the Neutron Star Equation of State

Boyang Sun, Tianqi Zhao, James M. Lattimer

We propose a new Bayesian framework to infer the neutron star equation of state (EOS) from mass and radius observations and neutron matter theory by defining priors that directly p…

nucl-th2025

Observable Signatures of a Quarkyonic Phase in Neutron Stars

Probit J Kalita, Tuhin Malik, Tianqi Zhao +2

Quarkyonic matter in \(β\)-equilibrium is a potential description of cold dense matter in neutron stars (NSs), that introduces non-interacting quarks alongside nucleons and leptons…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 6 cited

Correlations between the Neutron Star Mass-Radius Relation and the Equation of State of Dense Matter

Boyang Sun, James M. Lattimer

We develop an analytic method of inverting the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) relations to high accuracy. In principle, a specified $\mathcal{E}\mbox{-}P$ relation gives a unique…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 273 cited

A NICER View of the Nearest and Brightest Millisecond Pulsar: PSR J0437$\unicode{x2013}$4715

Devarshi Choudhury, Tuomo Salmi, Serena Vinciguerra +17

We report Bayesian inference of the mass, radius and hot X-ray emitting region properties - using data from the Neutron Star Interior Composition ExploreR (NICER) - for the brighte…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 91 cited

Constraining the dense matter equation of state with new NICER mass-radius measurements and new chiral effective field theory inputs

Nathan Rutherford, Melissa Mendes, Isak Svensson +12

Pulse profile modeling of X-ray data from NICER is now enabling precision inference of neutron star mass and radius. Combined with nuclear physics constraints from chiral effective…