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Isospin Symmetry Breaking Effects on the Mass-Radius Relation of a Neutron Star
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Isospin symmetry breaking effects on the mass-radius relation of a cold, non-accreting neutron star are studied on the basis of two Skyrme Energy Density Functionals (EDFs). One functional contains isospin symmetry breaking terms other than those typically included in Skyrme EDFs while its counterpart is of standard form. Both functionals are based on the same fitting protocol except for the observables and pseudo-observables sensitive to the isospin symmetry breaking channel. The quality of those functionals is similar in the description of terrestrial observables but choosing either of them has a non-negligible effect on the mass-radius relation and tidal deformability of a neutron star. Further investigations are needed to clarify the effects of isospin symmetry breaking on these and other observables of neutron stars that are, and will become, available.
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SELVA, Giovanni, ROCA MAZA, Xavier and COLÒ, Gianluca. Isospin Symmetry Breaking Effects on the Mass-Radius Relation of a Neutron Star. Symmetry. 2021. ISSN 2073-8994. [consulted: 14 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/215799