The European Physical Journal A (EPJ A)

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Editorial

Topical issue on exotic matter in neutron stars

David Blaschke, Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich and Hans-Josef Schulze

Published online: 29 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16071-8

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

New class of hybrid EoS and Bayesian M - R data analysis

D. Alvarez-Castillo, A. Ayriyan, S. Benic, D. Blaschke, H. Grigorian and S. Typel

Published online: 28 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16069-2

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Influence of the stiffness of the equation of state and in-medium effects on the cooling of compact stars

H. Grigorian, D. N. Voskresensky and D. Blaschke

Published online: 24 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16067-4

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Neutron stars interiors: Theory and reality

J. R. Stone

Published online: 24 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16066-5

Review

Hyperon puzzle, hadron-quark crossover and massive neutron stars

Kota Masuda, Tetsuo Hatsuda and Tatsuyuki Takatsuka

Published online: 24 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16065-6

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Observational constraints on neutron star masses and radii

M. Coleman Miller and Frederick K. Lamb

Published online: 22 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16063-8

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Characteristics of hybrid compact stars with a sharp hadron-quark interface

Mark G. Alford and Sophia Han

Published online: 22 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16062-9

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Neutrino emissivity in the quark-hadron mixed phase of neutron stars

William M. Spinella, Fridolin Weber, Gustavo A. Contrera and Milva G. Orsaria

Published online: 22 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16061-x

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Hybrid star structure with the Field Correlator Method

G. F. Burgio and D. Zappalà

Published online: 22 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16060-y

Open Access

Review

Rotating neutron stars with exotic cores: masses, radii, stability

P. Haensel, M. Bejger, M. Fortin and L. Zdunik

Published online: 22 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16059-4

Review

Quark matter nucleation in neutron stars and astrophysical implications

Ignazio Bombaci, Domenico Logoteta, Isaac Vidaña and Constança Providência

Published online: 18 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16058-5

Review

Inhomogeneous chiral symmetry breaking in dense neutron-star matter

Michael Buballa and Stefano Carignano

Published online: 18 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16057-6

Review

Exploring properties of high-density matter through remnants of neutron-star mergers

Andreas Bauswein, Nikolaos Stergioulas and Hans-Thomas Janka

Published online: 18 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16056-7

Open Access

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Constraining the supersaturation density equation of state from core-collapse supernova simulations? - Excluded volume extension of the baryons

Tobias Fischer

Published online: 16 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16054-9

Review

From quark drops to quark stars - Some aspects of the role of quark matter in compact stars

Germán Lugones

Published online: 16 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16053-x

Review

Order-of-magnitude physics of neutron stars - Estimating their properties from first principles

Andreas Reisenegger and Felipe S. Zepeda

Published online: 16 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16052-y

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Phenomenological neutron star equations of state - 3-window modeling of QCD matter

Toru Kojo

Published online: 16 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16051-0

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Hyperons in neutron stars and supernova cores

Micaela Oertel, Francesca Gulminelli, Constança Providência and Adriana R. Raduta

Published online: 16 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16050-1

Review

Neutron star structure from QCD

Eduardo S. Fraga, Aleksi Kurkela and Aleksi Vuorinen

Published online: 15 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16049-6

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Cooling compact stars and phase transitions in dense QCD

Armen Sedrakian

Published online: 11 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16044-y

Review

The scenario of two families of compact stars - Part 2: Transition from hadronic to quark matter and explosive phenomena

Alessandro Drago and Giuseppe Pagliara

Published online: 26 February 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16041-2

Review

The scenario of two families of compact stars - Part 1. Equations of state, mass-radius relations and binary systems

Alessandro Drago, Andrea Lavagno, Giuseppe Pagliara and Daniele Pigato

Published online: 26 February 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16040-3

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

r-mode astronomy

Kostas D. Kokkotas and Kai Schwenzer

Published online: 26 February 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16038-9

Review

Prospects for neutron star equation of state constraints using “recycled” millisecond pulsars

Slavko Bogdanov

Published online: 26 February 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16037-x

Review

Do hyperons exist in the interior of neutron stars?

Debarati Chatterjee and Isaac Vidaña

Published online: 16 February 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16029-x

Open Access

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Hyperon-hyperon interactions with the Nijmegen ESC08 model

Th. A. Rijken and H. -J. Schulze

Published online: 08 February 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16021-6

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Measuring the basic parameters of neutron stars using model atmospheres

V. F. Suleimanov, J. Poutanen, D. Klochkov and K. Werner

Published online: 03 February 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16020-7

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Hyperon-mixed neutron star with universal many-body repulsion

Y. Yamamoto, T. Furumoto, N. Yasutake and Th. A. Rijken

Published online: 03 February 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16019-0

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Neutron star radii, universal relations, and the role of prior distributions

A. W. Steiner, J. M. Lattimer and E. F. Brown

Published online: 02 February 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16018-1

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Quark matter under strong magnetic fields

Débora Peres Menezes and Luiz Laércio Lopes

Published online: 02 February 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16017-2

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Variations on the excluded-volume mechanism

S. Typel

Published online: 28 January 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16016-3

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Hyperons in nuclear matter from SU(3) chiral effective field theory

S. Petschauer, J. Haidenbauer, N. Kaiser, Ulf-G. Meißner and W. Weise

Published online: 28 January 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16015-4

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Modelling hybrid stars in quark-hadron approaches

S. Schramm, V. Dexheimer and R. Negreiros

Published online: 28 January 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16014-5

EPJ

The European Physical Journal A

Exotic Matter in Neutron Stars

Topical issue on exotic matter in neutron stars

New class of hybrid EoS and Bayesian M - R data analysis

Influence of the stiffness of the equation of state and in-medium effects on the cooling of compact stars

Neutron stars interiors: Theory and reality

Hyperon puzzle, hadron-quark crossover and massive neutron stars

Observational constraints on neutron star masses and radii

Characteristics of hybrid compact stars with a sharp hadron-quark interface

Neutrino emissivity in the quark-hadron mixed phase of neutron stars

Hybrid star structure with the Field Correlator Method

Rotating neutron stars with exotic cores: masses, radii, stability

Quark matter nucleation in neutron stars and astrophysical implications

Inhomogeneous chiral symmetry breaking in dense neutron-star matter

Exploring properties of high-density matter through remnants of neutron-star mergers

Constraining the supersaturation density equation of state from core-collapse supernova simulations? - Excluded volume extension of the baryons

From quark drops to quark stars - Some aspects of the role of quark matter in compact stars

Order-of-magnitude physics of neutron stars - Estimating their properties from first principles

Phenomenological neutron star equations of state - 3-window modeling of QCD matter

Hyperons in neutron stars and supernova cores

Neutron star structure from QCD

Cooling compact stars and phase transitions in dense QCD

The scenario of two families of compact stars - Part 2: Transition from hadronic to quark matter and explosive phenomena

The scenario of two families of compact stars - Part 1. Equations of state, mass-radius relations and binary systems

r-mode astronomy

Prospects for neutron star equation of state constraints using “recycled” millisecond pulsars

Do hyperons exist in the interior of neutron stars?

Hyperon-hyperon interactions with the Nijmegen ESC08 model

Measuring the basic parameters of neutron stars using model atmospheres

Hyperon-mixed neutron star with universal many-body repulsion

Neutron star radii, universal relations, and the role of prior distributions

Quark matter under strong magnetic fields

Variations on the excluded-volume mechanism

Hyperons in nuclear matter from SU(3) chiral effective field theory

Modelling hybrid stars in quark-hadron approaches

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