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20142026
most citedGravitational-wave constraints on the neutron-star-matter Equation of State

985 citations · 3k across the 42 of their papers we have counts for

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44 papers

hep-ph2026

Hot and dense QED at NLO: infrared sector

Tyler Gorda, Swastik Majumder

We determine the infrared-sensitive contribution to the pressure of hot and dense massless quantum electrodynamics (QED) at in the electric charge , obtaining a repre…

nucl-th2026

Stability and Structural Properties of Hot Quark Stars within Perturbative QCD

Tousif Raza, Tyler Gorda

The hypothesis of strange quark matter (SQM) and the possible existence of strange stars have been extensively investigated within the thermodynamic bag model, typically employing…

nucl-th2026

As above, so below: assessing extremeness of the neutron-star equation of state based on the unstable branch

Tyler Gorda, Oleg Komoltsev, Aleksi Kurkela +1

Microscopic models of neutron-star matter have been widely used in astrophysical applications. The focus of attention has been on densities up to the maximal densities reached in s…

hep-ph2026

Static linear response of hot and dense QCD matter to electromagnetic fields: Leading hard and soft QCD corrections

Osvaldo Ferreira, Eduardo S. Fraga, Tyler Gorda +3

We compute the static electromagnetic susceptibilities of a hot and dense quark-gluon plasma using perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Our evaluation includes the leading $\…

astro-ph.HE2025

Strong model-agnostic constraints for twin-star solutions

Sofia Blomqvist, Christian Ecker, Tyler Gorda +1

We perform a model-agnostic Bayesian analysis of the neutron-star-matter equation of state (EoS), using known ab-initio constraints and astrophysical observations to limit its beha…

astro-ph.HE2025

Constrained Gaussian-process bridge prior for neutron-star equation-of-state inference

Tyler Gorda, Oleg Komoltsev, Aleksi Kurkela +1

We set forth a new method for generating model-agnostic, nonparametric priors for neutron star equation-of-state inference that are stable, causal and thermodynamically consistent…

hep-ph2025

A new approach to determine the thermodynamics of deconfined matter to high accuracy

Tyler Gorda, Pablo Navarrete, Risto Paatelainen +2

We demonstrate that at finite density and sufficiently high temperatures, phase-quenched (PQ) lattice simulations combined with perturbation theory provide a new precision approach…

astro-ph.HE2025

Listening to the long ringdown: A novel way to pinpoint the EOS in neutron-star cores

Christian Ecker, Tyler Gorda, Aleksi Kurkela +1

Gravitational waves (GWs) from binary neutron star (BNS) merger remnants complement constraints from the inspiral phase, mass-radius measurements, and microscopic theory by providi…

hep-ph2025★ 7 cited

Color superconductivity under neutron-star conditions at next-to-leading order

Andreas Geißel, Tyler Gorda, Jens Braun

The equation of state of deconfined strongly interacting matter at high densities remains an open question, with effects from quark pairing in the preferred color-flavor-locked (CF…

hep-ph2024★ 16 cited

Pressure and speed of sound in two-flavor color-superconducting quark matter at next-to-leading order

Andreas Geißel, Tyler Gorda, Jens Braun

Deconfined quark matter at asymptotically high densities is weakly coupled, due to the asymptotic freedom of Quantum Chromodynamics. In this weak-coupling regime, bulk thermodynami…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 15 cited

Constraining the equation of state in neutron-star cores via the long-ringdown signal

Christian Ecker, Tyler Gorda, Aleksi Kurkela +1

Multimessenger signals from binary neutron star (BNS) mergers are promising tools to infer the largely unknown properties of nuclear matter at densities that are presently inaccess…

hep-ph2024★ 22 cited

Estimate for the bulk viscosity of strongly coupled quark matter using perturbative QCD and holography

Jesús Cruz Rojas, Tyler Gorda, Carlos Hoyos +6

Modern hydrodynamic simulations of core-collapse supernovae and neutron-star mergers require knowledge not only of the equilibrium properties of strongly interacting matter, but al…

nucl-th2024★ 1 cited

Equation of state at neutron-star densities and beyond from perturbative QCD

Oleg Komoltsev, Rahul Somasundaram, Tyler Gorda +3

We explore the consequences of imposing robust thermodynamic constraints arising from perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) when inferring the dense-matter equation-of-state (E…

nucl-th2023

Quark matter and nuclear astrophysics: recent developments

Tyler Gorda

Does deconfined cold quark matter occur in nature? This is currently one of the fundamental open questions in nuclear astrophysics. In these proceedings, I review the current state…

nucl-th2023

Bounding the QCD Equation of State with the Lattice

Guy D. Moore, Tyler Gorda

The equation of state of QCD matter at high densities is relevant for neutron star structure and for neutron star mergers and has been a focus of recent work. We show how lattice Q…

hep-ph2023★ 57 cited

Equation of State of Cold Quark Matter to

Tyler Gorda, Risto Paatelainen, Saga Säppi +1

Accurately understanding the equation of state (EOS) of high-density, zero-temperature quark matter plays an essential role in constraining the behavior of dense strongly interacti…

hep-ph2023★ 10 cited

Soft gluon self-energy at finite temperature and density: hard NLO corrections in general covariant gauge

Tyler Gorda, Risto Paatelainen, Saga Säppi +1

We compute the next-to-leading order (NLO) hard correction to the gluon self-energy tensor with arbitrary soft momenta in a hot and/or dense weakly coupled plasma in Quantum Chromo…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 149 cited

Strongly interacting matter exhibits deconfined behavior in massive neutron stars

Eemeli Annala, Tyler Gorda, Joonas Hirvonen +4

Neutron-star cores contain matter at the highest densities in our Universe. This highly compressed matter may undergo a phase transition where nuclear matter melts into deconfined…

hep-ph2023★ 41 cited

Bayesian uncertainty quantification of perturbative QCD input to the neutron-star equation of state

Tyler Gorda, Oleg Komoltsev, Aleksi Kurkela +1

The equation of state of neutron-star cores can be constrained by requiring a consistent connection to the perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) calculations at high densities.…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 42 cited

Constraints on strong phase transitions in neutron stars

Tyler Gorda, Kai Hebeler, Aleksi Kurkela +2

We study current bounds on strong first-order phase transitions (PTs) along the equation of state (EOS) of dense strongly interacting matter in neutron stars, under the simplifying…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 1 cited

Snowmass 2021 Cosmic Frontier White Paper: The Dense Matter Equation of State and QCD Phase Transitions

Slavko Bogdanov, Emmanuel Fonseca, Rahul Kashyap +26

Our limited understanding of the physical properties of matter at ultra-high density, high proton/neutron number asymmetry, and low temperature is presently one of the major outsta…

hep-ph2022★ 6 cited

The LPM effect in sequential bremsstrahlung: incorporation of "instantaneous'' interactions for QCD

Peter Arnold, Tyler Gorda, Shahin Iqbal

The splitting processes of bremsstrahlung and pair production in a medium are coherent over large distances in the very high energy limit, which leads to a suppression known as the…

hep-th2022★ 13 cited

Augmenting the residue theorem with boundary terms in finite-density calculations

Tyler Gorda, Juuso Österman, Saga Säppi

At zero temperature and finite chemical potential, -dimensional loop integrals with complex-valued integrands in the imaginary-time formalism yield results dependent on the inte…

hep-ph2022★ 13 cited

Degenerate fermionic matter at NLO: Quantum Electrodynamics

Tyler Gorda, Aleksi Kurkela, Juuso Österman +5

We determine the pressure of a cold and dense electron gas to a nearly complete next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order (NLO) in the fine-structure constant , utilizing a ne…