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13 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Reaction-constrained composition \(g\)-modes in neutron stars with antikaon condensates, hyperons, and \(Δ(1232)\) resonances

Prashant Thakur, Ishfaq Ahmad Rather

We study core composition \(g_1\) modes of cold, nonrotating neutron stars containing antikaon condensates, hyperons, and \(Δ(1232)\) baryons and present, to our knowledge, the fi…

astro-ph.HE2026

Amortized Simulation-Based Inference of Relativistic Mean-Field Couplings for Neutron-Star Equations of State

Prashant Thakur, Tuhin Malik

We present a simulation-based inference framework for constraining microscopic relativistic mean-field parameters of neutron-star equations of state. Neural posterior estimation is…

astro-ph.HE2026

Rotational enhancement and stability of protoquark stars during thermal evolution

Adamu Issifu, Andreas Konstantinou, Prashant Thakur +1

We present the first systematic study of rigidly rotating protoquark stars based on isentropic equations of state (EOS) within the density-dependent quark mass (DDQM) framework. Us…

astro-ph.HE2026

Dark Matter Heating in Evolving Proto-Neutron Stars: A Two-Fluid Approach

Adamu Issifu, Prashant Thakur, Davood Rafiei Karkevandi +4

Neutron stars (NSs) provide a unique laboratory to probe dark matter (DM) through its gravitational imprint on stellar evolution. We use a two-fluid framework with non-annihilating…

nucl-th2026

Probing Strange Dark Matter through -mode Oscillations of Neutron Stars with Hyperons and Quark Matter

Mahboubeh Shahrbaf, Prashant Thakur, Davood Rafiei Karkevandi

We investigate the impact of a hypothetical bosonic dark matter (DM) candidate, the sexaquark, on the fundamental (-mode) oscillations of neutron stars (NSs). By varying the DM…

astro-ph.HE2026

Magnetized Proto-Neutron Stars: Structure and Stability

Harsh Chandrakar, Adamu Issifu, Prashant Thakur +2

We investigate the evolution of magnetized protoneutron stars (PNSs) through four schematic stages: neutrino trapped, deleptonization, neutrino transparent, and the final cold, cat…