Bayesian inference of the dense matter equation of state built upon extended Skyrme interactions: A generalization
Abstract
The nonrelativistic theory of nuclear matter (NM) based on Brussels-Skyrme interactions is employed to develop models for dense and neutron-rich matter within a Bayesian framework. We employ the following set of constraints: the four best-known nuclear empirical parameters, the density dependence of the energy per particle in pure neutron matter (PNM), the density dependence of the Landau effective mass (meff) of neutrons in PNM and symmetric NM, and a lower limit on the maximum gravitational mass that neutron stars (NSs) can support. In addition, a number of ``sanity checks'' are added: the values of the speed of sound, neutron and proton Landau effective masses, and Fermi velocities are constrained up to the central density of the most massive NS configuration and for isospin asymmetries δ=(nn−np)/(nn+np) ranging from 0 to 1. Our ensemble of models \emph{fully} explores the capacity of nonrelativistic Brussels-Skyrme effective interactions to describe NM at densities exceeding several times the nuclear saturation density. This is a necessary step toward a better understanding of the properties of dense matter and possible correlations between the parameters of NSs and the parameters of NM. Due to the pronounced U-shaped density dependencies of meff, which qualitatively agree with the predictions of ab initio calculations featuring three-body forces, all our models exhibit a non-monotonic ``rise-and-fall'' behavior of the thermal pressure (pth) as a function of density, which in extreme cases leads to pth < 0. This work is a generalization of [Beznogov and Raduta, Phys. Rev. C 110, 035805 (2024)].
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BibTeX
@misc{beznogov2026bayesian,
title = {{Bayesian inference of the dense matter equation of state built upon extended Skyrme interactions: A generalization}},
author = {Mikhail V. Beznogov and Adriana R. Raduta},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2607.09369},
eprint = {2607.09369},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.09369},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Bayesian inference of the dense matter equation of state built upon extended Skyrme interactions: A generalization
AU - Mikhail V. Beznogov
AU - Adriana R. Raduta
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/30
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2607.09369
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.09369
AB - The nonrelativistic theory of nuclear matter (NM) based on Brussels-Skyrme interactions is employed to develop models for dense and neutron-rich matter within a Bayesian framework. We employ the following set of constraints: the four best-known nuclear empirical parameters, the density dependence of the energy per particle in pure neutron matter (PNM), the density dependence of the Landau effective mass (m_eff) of neutrons in PNM and symmetric NM, and a lower limit on the maximum gravitational mass that neutron stars (NSs) can support. In addition, a number of ``sanity checks'' are added: the values of the speed of sound, neutron and proton Landau effective masses, and Fermi velocities are constrained up to the central density of the most massive NS configuration and for isospin asymmetries δ=(n_n−n_p)/(n_n+n_p) ranging from 0 to 1. Our ensemble of models \emph{fully} explores the capacity of nonrelativistic Brussels-Skyrme effective interactions to describe NM at densities exceeding several times the nuclear saturation density. This is a necessary step toward a better understanding of the properties of dense matter and possible correlations between the parameters of NSs and the parameters of NM. Due to the pronounced U-shaped density dependencies of m_eff, which qualitatively agree with the predictions of ab initio calculations featuring three-body forces, all our models exhibit a non-monotonic ``rise-and-fall'' behavior of the thermal pressure (p_th) as a function of density, which in extreme cases leads to p_th < 0. This work is a generalization of [Beznogov and Raduta, Phys. Rev. C 110, 035805 (2024)].
ER -